Field Theory

Field Theory Definition

"An approach to understanding group behaviour by trying to map out the totality and complexity of the field in which the behaviour takes place. It is one of the four elements of Lewin's Planned approach to change" (Burnes, 2009).

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• Bamforth, K. & Trist, E. (1951). Some Social and Psychological Consequences of the Longwall Method of Coal Getting. Human Relations, Vol. 4, pp.3-38.
• Barton, D., Newell, R., & Wilson, G. (2002). Preparing for a financial crisis. The McKinsey Quarterly, pp. 79 – 87.
• Burnes, B. (2009) Managing Change, Pearson, Essex, UK.
• Cartwright, N. (1987) “Philosophical Problems of Quantum Theory: The Response of American Physicists.” Pp. 417-435 in The Probabilistic Revolution, Volume II: Ideas in the Sciences, edited by Lorenz Krüger, Gerd Gigerenzer, and Mary S. Morgan. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.

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