{"title":"Towards incubators of society: researching the emergent new societal ties and networks with the methodology of the Listening Post","authors":"Francesca Falcone","doi":"10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.181","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the results of a research carried out in four Italian cities through the Listening Post (LP) methodology. The aim of the research was to study the phenomenon of strained social ties, identify experiences of counter-movement, and explore the overt and covert dynamics. Results highlight that: (1) sociality is not traceable and understandable in the traditional frames and actions; (2) sociality needs mobilising actions that can be fed by local individual and collective resources; (3) fragmentation is not answered through the organisation of a militant action with traditional forms of social struggles; and (4) action is oriented to simple daily practice (for example, conviviality) and to the care for the spaces where one lives. From a methodological point of view, it is important to underline the usefulness of LP as a tool for inquiry in the social research at least from two perspectives. The first relates to the possibility for the researcher, to study and understand (psycho)social dynamics at a deeper level. The second perspective of usefulness of LP is that, unlike other instruments of qualitative research, it focuses on the subjectivity of participants' experience and therefore creates a space for a collective co-creation of knowledge.","PeriodicalId":41413,"journal":{"name":"Organisational and Social Dynamics","volume":"97 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139299465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leading hybrid organisations: the contribution of \"leadership beacons\", emotional transcendence, and transitional space to cross organisational collaboration","authors":"Claudia Nagel","doi":"10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.197","url":null,"abstract":"Hybrid organisations contribute to solving wicked problems arising from societal issues stemming from public health, climate change, or crime. They combine at least two organisations with different institutional logics, cultures, and identities. Their collaboration across boundaries is characterised by conflicts and paradoxical tensions due to the inherent coopetition paradox arising from the need to maintain their organisational identities. My research with a Dutch public–private partnership (PPP) fighting large-scale financial crime focuses on the understanding of emotional reactions of management and leadership to these conflicts and paradoxical tensions. In a preliminary study used as a foundation I demonstrated together with colleagues that emotional transcendence is a key ingredient in facilitating collaboration. In this presented study I found that \"leadership beacons\", i.e.leaders with a clear and pronounced value-based leadership approach which illuminate the path towards collaboration are creating this emotional transcendence. In this article I want to first show how leadership beacons create this emotional transcendence by offering a transitional space. As a result, emotional trust and thus collaboration are strengthened. Some resulting practical advice for leaders will follow and I will conclude this article with a discussion of the results and an outlook for future research.","PeriodicalId":41413,"journal":{"name":"Organisational and Social Dynamics","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139295686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. O'Byrne-Maguire, Daniela Cabibbe, Rob Stuart, Bryan Maguire
{"title":"OPUS International Listening Posts global report: the world at the dawn of 2023","authors":"I. O'Byrne-Maguire, Daniela Cabibbe, Rob Stuart, Bryan Maguire","doi":"10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.258","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41413,"journal":{"name":"Organisational and Social Dynamics","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139297113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bion's assumption: Folklore and ideology around the group-as-a-whole","authors":"Gerard Van Reekum","doi":"10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.247","url":null,"abstract":"However disparate the theories about groups, their vocabularies are largely the same. Constructs are formulated in everyday language, obscuring fundamental differences between the underlying paradigms. This circumstance leaves open the option of popularising theories by combining elements from irreconcilable sources. The field of group relations conference work is not saved from this phenomenon, evidenced by the diversity of interpretations of two constructs in psychological group theory as originally developed by Wilfred Bion: group-as-a-whole and basicassumption. After an introductory section on folklore in group theory, a popularised version of Bion's theory is confronted with its relevance to our work in today's world.","PeriodicalId":41413,"journal":{"name":"Organisational and Social Dynamics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139298044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diplomacy —A film by Volker Schlöndorff (2014) \"Am deutschen Wesen wird die Welt nicht genesen\"","authors":"B. West-Leuer","doi":"10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.236","url":null,"abstract":"Diplomacy (German and French: Diplomatie) is a 2014 Franco-German historical drama film. In the last months of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz has orders to destroy Paris as Allied Forces move towards the city, and the Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling is asking the general not to do it. The two protagonists can be interpreted as ego and alter ego, with Nordling representing the split-off self-parts of the general who strive for freedom and justice and experience life as lovable and worth living. Since the outcome of the film is well known, the film tries to find answers whether and how the general, representative of what was described by Fromm as an authoritarian character, will move from collective obedience to individual decisions of conscience. When the author watched Diplomacy, she was shocked about von Choltitz's statements that he had, in the past, carried out extermination orders of the Jews in Sevastopol. Even though this statement is historically not clearly documented, the participation of the Wehrmacht in war crimes is undisputed. The author has to admit that she—as a daughter of a Wehrmacht soldier—has a tendency to trivialise this involvement.","PeriodicalId":41413,"journal":{"name":"Organisational and Social Dynamics","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139292088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The shame of knowing and not knowing: race and social class group dynamics","authors":"Mary B. McRae","doi":"10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.165","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to reflect on how racial and cultural stereotypes so deeply embedded in our daily experiences frame and impact our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. There are moments interpersonally and in groups when embedded assumptions and stereotypes seem to clash at the boundaries of social identities and roles, a space that can be shaming because we think we should know better. In this article I share journal entries of a group of women who I invited to work with me on a research team. I offer journals of our experiences of difficult moments at the boundaries of race, ethnicity, and social class as opportunities for learning. The journals provided an opportunity to share often unspoken thoughts and feelings about our racial and cultural points of disconnection.","PeriodicalId":41413,"journal":{"name":"Organisational and Social Dynamics","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139301672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wow, look how Zoos Victoria is tackling the challenges at the frontline of climate change— other mobs can learn from this","authors":"Fiona Martin","doi":"10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.220","url":null,"abstract":"The work of Zoos Victoria to prevent extinction of species is critical and challenging. Emotionally difficult work has the capacity to distract an organisation from its task, yet Zoos Victoria is able to focus and deliver on its primary purpose. The article expands on Jane Chapman's theory of \"Corruption and hatred of task\" (1999) and \"Guarding against corruption\" (2019) to understand how well Zoos Victoria organises itself. I propose that the theory may be extended in two ways: First, ambivalence may contribute to the hatred of task. Workers both enjoy and hate holding animals in captivity. Second, the worker's practices introduce an extension to Chapman's frame-work for guarding against corruption of task. Staff are aided by animals in coping with the challenges of the work. Chapman's theory contributes to understanding why Zoos Victoria remains true to purpose and is able to carry out its work effectively. This extension also provides understanding for improving the experiences of workers in general. Climate change is increasing the intensity of challenge and disruption for many organisations worldwide. As a case study Zoos Victoria offers a signal for other organisations needing to meet these emerging challenges.","PeriodicalId":41413,"journal":{"name":"Organisational and Social Dynamics","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139305297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Group relations organisations and conferences as a fractal of society: how group relations work in different countries has been shaped by national variables of history, economics, politics, culture, and geography","authors":"Raymond Bakaitis","doi":"10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33212/osd.v23n2.2023.147","url":null,"abstract":"This article follows the Eric Miller memorial lecture given on 1 April 2023. Based on interviews with many group relations practitioners worldwide, the article explores how group relations organisations and conferences are shaped by national variables of history, economics, politics, culture, and geography. Links between current practices in organisations and the connection of those practices to background forces are suggested. The significance of the patrons of group relations work, geography, religion and spirituality, trauma, and origin stories for the development of organisations and conferences are examined. Some current worldwide system dynamics are explored. The author's identity as an American, White man, and its relevance to the research is considered.","PeriodicalId":41413,"journal":{"name":"Organisational and Social Dynamics","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139298027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The active citizen to salvage our persecuted earth: a need for psychodynamic explorations","authors":"Manab Bose","doi":"10.33212/osd.v23n1.2023.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33212/osd.v23n1.2023.33","url":null,"abstract":"This article is a narrative about the role of active citizen in identity formation. Building on Shapiro from recent publications of 'Organisational and Social Dynamics', the author invites reflections into our persecutory unconscious, and argues that this is the root cause behind the worldwide environmental disasters that have become our lived experience today. This article reveals to us the impact of terraforming of the Americas, Australia, Africa, Asia, and the consequent solastalgia we experience, that is to say, the psychological distress caused by environmental devastation. Ending with a list of initiatives to mitigate the disasters that mankind has inflicted on earth’s mega-systems, this article is an appeal to psychoanalysts and psychodynamic thinkers and practitioners to activate their citizen role and come together in our global platforms to raise awareness.","PeriodicalId":41413,"journal":{"name":"Organisational and Social Dynamics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43617933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The problems of, and remedy for, hope in the Anthropocene Age: a psychoanalytic–political perspective","authors":"R. Lamothe","doi":"10.33212/osd.v23n1.2023.51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33212/osd.v23n1.2023.51","url":null,"abstract":"The Anthropocene Age exposes a fundamental problem and contradiction of Western political philosophies, which is the production of an ontological rift between human beings and other species that undermines care and hope. This rift becomes especially evident when we become aware of the devastating effects of climate change. To further understand this rift, I rely on what I call a psychoanalytic–political hermeneutical framework that identifies the conscious and unconscious aspects of agency, motivation, and illusion as they emerge from and exist within public–political spaces of speaking and acting together that maintain the ontological rift and its distortions of care and hope. I turn to a psychoanalytic developmental perspective of the relation between care and hope, which points to a remedy vis-à-vis the ontological rift.","PeriodicalId":41413,"journal":{"name":"Organisational and Social Dynamics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48806612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}