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Learning cell

File consists of notes and correspondence pertaining to learning cells on various subjects organized by Trist.

Clatworthy family

File consists of correspondence with Frank, Jim and Julie Clatworthy, as well as Mrs. W.M. Hooper.

Sutherland, Jock

File consists of clippings and the March 1992 issue of the British Journal of Medical Psychology (vol. 65, part 1), containing the obituary of Jock Sutherland, written by Eric Trist and Douglas Haldane.

Bion, W.R.

File consists of a pamphlet published by Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore, Rome, Italy.

Tavistock anthology

File consists of notes, correspondence and other material pertaining to volume one of The Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990).

Bartlett, Frederic Charles

File consists of correspondence from F.B. Bartlett and John T. MacCurdy, as well as a transcription from a video in which Trist describes meeting Kurt Lewin.

Tavistock history

File consists of notes, drafts and correspondence related to a written history of the Tavistock Institute entitled "The Tavistock Institute: Origin and Early Years."

Study of the future

File consists of notes, clippings, correspondence and other material pertaining to a course, The Study of the Future, taught at York University by Eric Trist.

Tavistock documents

File consists of documents published by the Tavistock Institute for internal purposes.

Perlmutter/Trist tapes

File consists of audio recordings of a series of conversations between Harold Perlmutter and Eric Trist.

Perlmutter/Trist tapes

File consists of audio recordings of a series of conversations between Harold Perlmutter and Eric Trist.

Miscellaneous notes and excerpts

File consists of notes, excerpts, and other material created or compiled by Eric Trist, primarily on the subjects of turbulence and transition. Includes "Epilogue: A New Direction of Values, A New Direction of Vision," with Fred Emery.

Work organization at the coal face

File consists of a report, "Work Organization at the Coal Face: A Comparative Study of Mining Systems," created by Eric Trist and H. Murray for the Tavistock Institute, June 1958.

Work improvement and industrial democracy

File consists of a keynote address delivered by Trist to the Conference on Work Improvement and Industrial Democracy of the European Economic Community, Brussels, 1974, as well as a presentation of the same name delivered at the European Communities on Work Organization, Technical Development and Motivation of the Individual, September 1974.

Wider organizational networks and their environments

File consists of a working paper delivered at the Third Social Science of Organizations Seminar, Pittsburgh, June 1964. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

What the worker really thinks

File consists of a typescript paper with notes. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Urban North America

File consists of draft and published versions of the article, "Urban North America: The Challenge of the Next 30 Years," Plan, vol. 10, no. 3 (1970). This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Renewing American industry : book review

File consists of a review, written by Eric Trist, of the book Renewing American Industry by Paul R. Lawrence and Davis Dyer. The review was published in ASQ, March 1984.

Referent organizations and the development of inter-organizational domains

File consists of an article published in Human Relations, vol. 36, no. 3 (1983), as well as an excerpt of the article published in Facilitating Development, edited by Lynton and Pareek (Sage, 1992). This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

The unconscious dynamics of transition

File consists of a paper delivered by Trist as discussant for Harold Bridger's paper, "To Explore the Unconscious Dynamics of Transition as it Affects the Interdependence of Individual, Group and Organizational Aims in Paradigm Change," at the Symposium on Interpreting Unconscious Life in Organizations, International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, October 1987. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Types of output mix of research organizations and their complementarity

File consists of a paper presented by Trist at the Conference on Policy & Social Research of the International Social Science Council, 13-16 April 1970, and then published in Social Science and Government: Policies and Problems (Tavistock, 1972). This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

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