Attention, Cooperation, Purpose - An Approach to Working in Groups Using Insights From Wilfred Bion

About the author

Robert French is a writer and organisational consultant and Visiting Research Fellow at Bristol Business School, University of the West of England.Peter Simpson is Associate Professor in Organisation Studies at Bristol Business School. He co-edited 'Worldly Leadership: Alternative Wisdoms for a Complex World' with Sharon Turnbull, Peter Case, Gareth Edwards and Doris Schedlitzki. He has also published widely in international journals on leadership, change management, organisational complexity, group dynamics, and workplace spirituality.

Summary

This book describes an approach based on attention that can help individuals and groups to cooperate more effectively. It presents the first book-length reassessment of Wilfred Bion's ideas on groups. Every group has a purpose or purposes - or, as Bion put it, "every group, however casual, meets to 'do' something."

Product details

• Authors: Robert French, Robert Simpson French, French Robert, Peter Simpson, Simpson Peter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367102708
• ISBN: 978-0-367-10270-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Group Psychotherapy