Large Group Interventions

Barbara Benedict Bunker is emeritus professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has taught in executive development programs at Columbia, Pepperdine, and the Harvard University School of Education and has held Fulbright Lectureships in the business schools of Keio University and Kobe University in Japan.Billie T. Alban is president of Alban and Williams, Ltd., and an internationally known management consultant whose clients include British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Exxon, and Kraft/General Foods. She teaches in executive development programs at Columbia, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Pepperdine and has served on the board of the Organization Development Network.Bunker and Alban are coauthors of Large Group Interventions from Jossey-Bass.

• Foreword -W.Warner Burke Preface The AuthorsPart One: An Introduction to Large Group Interventions1. Of Mud Flats and Solid Brass2. A Brief History of Large Group InterventionsPart Two: The Methods: Creating the Future Together3. The Search Conference4. Future Search5. Real Time Strategic Change6. ICA Strategic Planning Process Part Two SummaryPart Three: The Methods: Work Design7. The Conference Model8. Fast Cycle Full Particiption Work Design9. Real Time Work Design10. Participative Design Part Three SummaryPart Four: The Methods: Whole-System Participative Work11. Simu-Real12. Work-Out13. Open Space Technology Part Four SummaryPart Five: Group Dynamics, New Directions, and How to Move Ahead14. Large Group Dynamics15. Current Innovations and Underlying ValuesAppendix References Index