{"product_id":"the-social-engagement-of-social-eric-trist-9780812281941","title":"The Social Engagement of Social Science, a Tavistock Anthology, Volume 3: The Socio-Ecological Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorld 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Trist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812281942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812281941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.90d","brand":"Eric Trist","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926367469823,"sku":"9780812281941","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5f230a66-fdc6-4a3c-813b-8fe478a0c4a4.jpg?v=1681082683","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-social-engagement-of-social-eric-trist-9780812281941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}