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Organisation et système

File consists of an article, "Organisation et système: Quelques remarques Théoretiques se Rapportant plus Particulièrement aux Recherches d'Andras Angyal," published in Revue Francaise de Sociologie, special issue, 1970-1971.

Quality of working life and community development

File consists of draft and published versions of "Quality of Working Life and Community Development: Some Reflections on the Jamestown Experience," published in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, vol. 22, no. 3 (1986). Also includes a script for a panel discussion on the same topic, as well as a copy of A Decade of Change: The Ten Year Report of the Jamestown Area Labor-Management Committee (1978).

Field projects

File consists of a list of field projects, as well as figures excerpted from reports and publications.

The Rorschach in practice

File consists of a photocopy of Eric Trist's foreword to The Rorschach in Practice, by Theodora Alcock (Tavistock, 1963).

The search conference

File consists of a report, entitled "Search Conference Methodology," of a demonstration event held at the Global Futures Conference, Toronto, July 1980, as well as brief explanatory text on the Search Conference method.

The serviceman comes home

File consists of an article by A.T.M. Wilson, published in Pilot Papers: Social Essays and Documents, vol. 1, no. 2 (April 1946). Accompanying note reads: "'The Serviceman Comes Home' is credited to Tommy Wilson. It would undoubtedly have had major input from Eric Trist."

Quality of worklife

File consists of an article published in Anvil, Fall 1981. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Social aspects of science policy

File consists of a presentation delivered by Trist to the Toronto Roundtable on the Social Aspects of Science Policy, Toronto, 27-29 March 1969.

A socio-technical critique of scientific management

File consists of a paper delivered by Trist at the Edinburgh Conference on the Impact of Science and Technology, 24-26 May 1970, and then published in Meaning and Control: Essays in Social Aspects of Science and Technology, edited by D.O. Edge and J.N. Wolfe (Tavistock, 1973). This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

The socio-technical perspective

File consists of an offprint of a chapter published in Perspectives on Organization Design and Behavior, edited by Van de Ven and Joyce (Wiley, 1981).

Socio-technical systems, with F.E. Emery

File consists of a reprinted article from Management Sciences, Models and Techniques, Vol. 2 (Pergamon Press, 1960). This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Some additional reflections on working with Bion in the 'forties

File consists of a paper delivered as part of a Symposium on W.R. Bion organized by the Group Analytic Society in 1985, as well as the subsequent article, published in Group Analysis, vol. 20 (1987). This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

QWL and the 80's

File consists of the closing address delivered by Trist to the International Conference on QWL and the 80's, Toronto, August 30 - September 3, 1981. Also includes Carl Johnston's introduction to Trist, as well as a photocopy of the version included in Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Toward a postindustrial culture

File consists of a chapter published in Handbook of Work, Organization, and Society, edited by Robert Dubin (Rand MacNally, 1976). 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).

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).

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).

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.

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).

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).

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tavistock documents

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

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 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."

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 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).

Bion, W.R.

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

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