66th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 19

Afternoon Workshops

2:30 - 5:00 P.M.

Workshop 30

The Intergroup Event: Power and Projection in the Relationships Among Groups

Presented in cooperation with Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations and the

AGPA Large Group and Organizational Development SIGs

Chairs:                

John Bair, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Finch University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois

Vivian J. Gold, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, California

Dannielle Kennedy, Ph.D., Principal Nautilus Consulting Group, LLC, New York and Boston

Mark E. Kiel, Psy.D., CGP, Assistant Professor, Argosy University, Chicago, Illinois

Jeffrey D. Roth, M.D., CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, Chicago, Illinois

This event will utilize a Tavistock group relations approach to deepening the understanding of what happens when groups form and relate to other groups. Participants will have opportunities to learn from their own experience about intergroup processes, with a special emphasis on power and projection.

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Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Analyze ways in which groups form and discover an identity.

2. Discuss that identity with other groups.

3. Formulate hypotheses about the dynamics and the culture that emerge during the event.

Course References:

1. Learning for leadership: interpersonal and intergroup relations. London AK Rice - 1965 - Tavistock Publications.

2. A Tavistock primer in the 1997 annual handbook for group facilitators A Banet, C Hayden - 1997 - La Jolla, CA: University Associates.

3. Group Relations Conferences: Reviewing and Exploring Theory, Design, Role-Taking and Application A Nutkevitch, M Sher - Organisational and Social Dynamics: An International Journal …, 2004 - Karnac Books.