| The Social Engagement of Social Science, a Tavistock Anthology, Volume 3: The Socio-Ecological Perspective Contributor(s): Trist, Eric (Editor), Murray, Hugh (Editor), Trist, Beulah (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0812281942 ISBN-13: 9780812281941 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $90.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | History - Social Science | Sociology - General - Psychology | Industrial & Organizational Psychology |
| Dewey: 302 |
| LCCN: 89-28856 |
| Series: Tavistock Anthology |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (2.70 lbs) 736 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: World War II brought together a group of psychiatrists and clinical and social psychologists in the British Army who developed a number of radical, action-oriented organizational innovations in social psychiatry. They became known as the Tavistock Group, since the core members had been at the pre-war Tavistock Clinic. At the post-war Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, they developed a pioneering mode of relating theory and practice, called in these volumes The Social Engagement of Social Science. Previous volumes presented two of three interdependent perspectives: the socio-psychological (Volume I, 1990) and the socio-technical (Volume II, 1993). The latest volume, on the socio-ecological perspective, completes the set. The socio-ecological perspective is concerned with the coevolution of systems and their environments. It considers the broader environment which shapes not only the task environments of socio-technical organizations but the institutional and cultural environment that confronts the individual. Volume III focuses on nonhierarchical forms of organization facilitating inter-organizational relations in complex and rapidly changing environments. This perspective provides a guide to institution building for the future. |