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Complexity and Group Processes: A Radically Social Understanding of Individuals
Ralph D. Stacey
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Description for Complexity and Group Processes: A Radically Social Understanding of Individuals
Paperback. Complexity theory provides a model for understanding human behaviour that is not based on the individual. It attracts a great deal of attention in the area of organisations and management, & this interest is rapidly spreading to psychology. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMJ; KJU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
The increasing complexity of interdependence between people in modern life makes it more important than ever to understand processes of human relating. In the West we tend to base our understanding of relating on the individual.
Complexity and Group Processes suggests an alternative way of understanding human relating. The key questions covered in this book are:
· who am I and how have I come to be who I am?
· who are we and how have we come to be who we are?
· how are we all changing, evolving, and learning?
These are fundamental questions in the study of human ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138011977
SKU
V9781138011977
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Ref
99-3
About Ralph D. Stacey
Ralph Stacey is a member of the Institute of Group Analysis in London and works as a group therapist in the NHS. He is also Professor of Management and Director of the Complexity and Management Centre at the Business School of the University of Hertfordshire. He is co-editor of the Routledge series Complexity Emergence in Organizations and author of Complex ... Read more
Reviews for Complexity and Group Processes: A Radically Social Understanding of Individuals
'Stacey entreats us to an intriguing theoretical journey that consists of a critical discussion of a number of perspectives on group theory/process... a rich source book, particularly for those interested in the forging and development of theory.'- Martin Weegmann, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, December 2005