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Click Here to download 2010 Symposium Call For Papers and Participation
Deadline for Submission March 15, 2010
Click Here to download 2010 Symposium Save the Dates Flyer
Welcome to The A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems
Celebrating our 40th Anniversay
1970 - 2010
Welcome to the A.K. Rice Institute website. Founded in 1970 as an outgrowth of the work at the Tavistock Institute, The AKRI is now the largest group relations organization in the world, and maintains affiliations and partnerships with other related organizations, including the Tavistock Institute.
AKRI is an educational institution dedicated to an approach known as “group relations.” Based primarily on experiential learning, our conferences and other educational offerings provide ways for people to learn about the unconscious, hidden and seemingly irrational parts of work in groups and organizations.
Group relations conferences complement other forms of leadership training by providing a method for people to learn about and reflect on their experiences in groups. By constructing a temporary organization within a conference, participants in AKRI sponsored events have a chance to experience the ways in which they exercise their authority and take up different roles in their outside lives.
If you are interested in reading more about our work, we suggest beginning with the Tavistock Primer or perusing our list of publications. If you have questions or an interest in exploring group relations educational opportunities, we hope you will contact us.
Leigh Estabrook, President.
We welcome your feedback, comments and ideas on how we can continue to improve this (new) site. Submit your suggestions to webmaster@akriceinstitute.org.
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Dues Renewal
2010 dues amnesty
Former associates can renew AKRI membership today without additional fees
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Upcoming Events
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AKRI International Group Relations Conference
Admiral Fell Inn
Baltimore Maryland
June 24-29, 2010
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The A. K. Rice Institute
2010 SYMPOSIUM
The Cenacle Retreat & Conference Center
Chicago, IL
Oct. 7-8, 2010
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more information
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New AKRI Member
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Carol Walsh
Associate Dean / Associate Professor for the School of Human & Organizational Development with Fielding Graduate University |
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Carol is the Associate Dean and Associate Professor for the School of Human and Organizational Development with Fielding Graduate University and Assistant Professor with the Oregon Masters in Public Health Program at Oregon Health and Science University, School of Nursing. She also served as the Interim Director of the Oregon MPH Program. Carol has nearly 20 years of experience in employment/labor law, mediation, coaching, organizational development, facilitation and training, and academic teaching, mentoring, and research. Her involvement in group relations is the compassionate and scholarly praxis of transformative learning for social justice and diversity in workplace and grassroots organization.
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NEW BOOK
What You Don't Know
You Know
Our Hidden Motives in Life, Business, and Everything Else
By: Ken Eishold, Ph.D.
"Just Released"
Published in January 2010 by Other Press - available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
The book explores what Eisold calls the “New Unconscious,” an expanded and updated view of the motives operating outside of awareness that shape our behavior in many domains of life. One domain that is of particular interest to members of AKRI has to do with group membership and the unconscious constraints that our need to belong imposes on us
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