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PUBLICATIONS of Eric L. Trist

1936

With Virginia Trist. A Glance at Grey Lodge clubs; from a psychologistÕs point of view. Reprinted from the Forty-Eighth annual report of the Dundee Social Union and Grey Lodge settlement.

1941

Short tests of low-grade intelligence, III. Occupational Psychology, Volume XV Number 3.

1943

With Virginia Trist. The quality of mental test performance in intellectual deterioration. Reprinted from ÒDiscussion on the quality of mental test performance in intellectual deterioration,Ó Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, March 1943, Vol. XXXVI, No. 5, 243-249.

With Virginia Trist. Psychiatric studies of unemployment.(Title page missing.)

1946

With J.D. Sutherland. Preliminary technical appreciation of the problem of selecting higher grade civil servants during the reconstruction period (Tavistock Document No. T423). London: Tavistock Institute.

1947

With A.T.M. Wilson and A. Curle. Transitional communities and social reconnection: A study of the civil resettlement of British prisoners of war. Human Relations, I(l), 42-68.

With A.T.M. Wilson and A. Curle. Transitional communities and social reconnection: A study of the civil resettlement of British prisoners of war. Human Relations,I(2), 240-90.

1951

With K.W. Bamforth. Some social and psychological consequences of the Longwall Method of Coal-Getting. Human Relations, 4(l), 3-38.

1952

With A.K. Rice. Institutional and sub-institutional determinants of change in labour turnover. (The Glacier Project- VIII). Human Relations, 5(4), 34771.

With A.T.M. Wilson & A. Curle. Transitional communities and social reconnection: A study of the civil resettlement of British prisoners of war. In G.E. Swanson, T.M. Newcomb, & L.E. Hartley (Eds.), Readings in social psychology (pp. 561-579). New York: H. Holt & Co.

1953

Some observations on the machine face as a socio-technical system (Tavistock Document No. 341). London: Tavistock Institute.

An area training school in the National Coal Board (Tavistock Document No. 342). London: Tavistock Institute.

Area organization in the National Coal Board (Tavistock Document No. 343). London: Tavistock Institute.

With E.L. Herbert. The institution of an absent leader by a Students' Discussion Group. Human Relations, 6(3), 215-45.

With J.M.M. Hill. A consideration of industrial accidents as a means of withdrawal from the work situation. Human Relations, 6(4), 357-80.

A policy appreciation of management development. London: Tavistock/ Unilever Ltd.

1955

With J.M.M. Hill. Changes in accidents and other absences with length of service. Human Relations, 8(2), 121-52.

1958

Work organization at the Coal Face: A comparative study of mining systems (Tavistock Document No. 506). London: Tavistock Institute.

With B. Semeonoff. Diagnostic performance tests London: Tavistock Publications.

1959

With C. Sofer. Exploration in group relations. Leicester: Leicester University Press.

On socio-technical systems. An Open University lecture jointly sponsored by the Departments of Engineering and Psychology at the University of Cambridge, November 18.

With G.W. Higgin & F.E. Emery. Communications in the National Farmers' Union. London: National Farmers'Union.

With H. Murray. Organisation de Travail dans les Tailles, Etude Comparative des Methods d'Exploitation Minere. Bulletin CERP, 8(4).

1960

With H. Murray. Adoption Progressive dÕune Organisation de Travail en Equipe. Bulletin CERP, 9(2),153-64.

Introduction. In W. Brown (Ed.), Explorations in management (p. 36). London: Heinemann.

Social structure and psychological stress. In J.M. Tanner (Ed.), Stress and psychiatric disorder. Proceedings of the Second Oxford Conference of the Mental Health Research Conference. Oxford: Blakely Scientific Publications.

With F.E. Emery. Socio-technical Systems. In C.W. Churchman & M. Verhurst (Eds), Management Science, Models and Techniques (Vol. 2, pp. 83-97). London: Pergamon Press.

1961

With H. Murray. Dispositions de Prendre en Vue dÕune Mecanisation plus Pousee. Bulletin CERP, 10(l), 36-53.

Central management courses in a large organization. London: Tavistock/ Unilever Ltd.

1962

The emergence of system theory in the study of organizations (Inaugural lecture in Tavistock theoretical series presented at the Royal Society of Medicine) (Tavistock Document No. T40). London: Tavistock Institute.

With H. Bridger. Human relations training in Europe. Report of the First International Meeting, IMEDE, Lausanne.

1963

With G.W. Higgin, H. Murray, & A.B. Pollock. Organizational choice: Capabilities of groups at the coal face under changing technologies. London: Tavistock Publications.

1964

With Sir Hugh Beaver. Social research and a national policy for science: A paper of the Council of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (Tavistock Pamphlet No. 7). London: Tavistock Institute.

Wider Organizational Networks and Their Environments. Working Paper, Third Social Science of Organizations Seminar, Pittsburgh, PA (June).

A strategy for depth research on British planning processes. Working Paper, Minnowbrook Conference, University of Syracuse (July).

The need of the social psychiatrist to influence wider social networks and their environments (Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Psychotherapy, London, August). Acta Psychotherapeutica, 12(6).

With E. Thorsrud and F. Emery. Industrielt Demokrati. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.

1965

Contribution to Symposium on Community Psychiatry. International Journal of Psychiatry, 1(4).

With F.E. Emery. The causal texture of organizational environments. Human Relations, 13(l), 21-32.

1966

Sponsor's contribution to Symposium on Conflict Resolution. Proceedings of Cambridge Conference on Operational Research and the Social Sciences. London: Tavistock Publications.

Contribution to the Proceedings of the CIBA Foundation Conference on Conflict in Society. London: Churchill.

1967

The relations of concepts of welare and development in pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial societies: A systems theory and sociocultural analysis. Theme paper for the seminar on Welfare and Development Programmes, Canadian Centre for Community Studies, Ottawa (November).

Engaging with large scale systems. Paper presented at the Douglas McGregor Memorial Conference, MIT (November).

1968

The professional facilitation of planned change in organizations. In Proceedings, International Association of Applied Psychology XVIth International Congress, Amsterdam,

With D. Armstrong. Social science activities in eight target countries. In Main Trends in the Social and Human Sciences. Paris: UNESCO.

1969

Key aspects of environmental relations In B.M. Gross (Ed.), Monograph on appraising administrative capability for development planning (pp. 9 1 - 97). New York: Division of Public Administration, United Nations.

Social aspects of science policy. Background paper for Round Table on Social Aspects of Science Policy, University of Toronto. Senate of Canada, Proceedings of the Special Committee on Science Policy (pp. 4794-4820). Ottawa: Queen's Printer.

1970

Social research institutes: Types, structure, scope. International Social Science Journal 22(2), 322-359.

Organisation et Systeme. R. franc. Sociol, XI-XII. No. Spec. Analyse de systernes en sciences sociales, 123-139.

Science policy and development of research in the social sciences: The organizing and financing of social research. Section 3 in Main Trends of Research in the Social and Human Sciences (pp. 695-811). Paris: Mouton/ UNESCO. (Also published as a separate monograph)

Urban North America: The challenge of the next thirty years. Journal of the Town Planning Institute of Canada .10(3), 1-20.

1971

Critique of scientific management in terms of socio-technical theory. Prakseologia, 39-40, 159-74.

Management and organization development in public enterprises and government agencies. In Modern Management Techniques in Developing Countries. New York: United Nations.

Epilogue. In C.P. Hill. Towards a new philosophy of management. London: Gower Press.

The human intake system: A socio-psychological and socio-ecological appreciation in a futures perspective. Management and Behavioral Science Center document, University of Pennsylvania.

1972

With C. Dwyer & T. Gilmore. Planning and designing for juvenile justice. Washington, DC: LEAA.

1973

Types of output mix in research organizations. In A. Cherns (Ed.), Social science and government (pp. 10 1 - 14 1). London: Tavistock.

With F.E. Emery. Towards a social ecology: Contextual appreciations of the future in the present. London: Plenum.

The planning process in university medical centers. Working Papers, Management and Behavioral Science Center, University of Pennsylvania.

1974

Work improvement and industrial democracy. Theme paper for EEC Conference on Work Organization, Technology and Motivation, EEC, Brussels.

Planning in an era of change and uncertainty. Keynote Address, 21st Anniversary Conference, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (June).

Labor-management committees and the quality of working life in Jamestown, N.Y. Working Papers I & 2, University of Pennsylvania, Management and Behavioral Science Center.

With L.E. Davis. Improving the quality of working life: Socio-technical case studies. In J. OÕToole (Ed.), Work and the quality of life, resource papers for work in America (pp. 246-284). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

The new work ethic in Europe and America. The Franklin Foundation Lecture Series. Atlanta, GA: Georgia State University Press.

1975

Planning the first steps toward quality of working life in a developing country. In L.E. Davis, A.B. Cherns, & Associates, The quality of working life, Vol. 1. Problems, prospects and the state of the art (pp. 78-85). New York: Free Press.

1976

Engaging with large scale systems. In A.W. Clark (Ed.), Experimenting with organizational life (pp. 43-57). London: Plenum.

Action research and adaptive planning. In A.W. Clark (Ed.), Experimenting with organizational life (pp. 223-236). London: Plenum.

The culture of the post-industrial society. In R. Dubin (Ed.), Work organization and society (pp. 1011-1033). New York: Macmillan.

Critique of scientific management in terms of socio-technical theory. In M. Wier (Ed.), Job satisfaction: Challenge and responses in modern Britain (pp. 81-90). London: Fontana.

A Concept of organizational ecology. Bulletin of National Labour Institute (New Delhi), 12, 483-496.

1977

A concept of organizational ecology. Australian Journal of Management, 2(2), 162-75.

Collaboration in work settings: A personal perspective. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 13, 268-278.

With G.I. Susman & G.R. Brown. An experiment in autonomous working in an American underground coal mine. Human Relations 30(3), 201-236.

1978

Employment alternatives for the eighties. Papers presented at the Urban Seminar Six on Public Enterprises and Government Agencies, Toronto Social Planning Council (November).

Developing an adaptive planning capability in public enterprise and government agencies. In J.W. Sutherland (Ed.), Management handbook for public administrators (pp. 389-422). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

The environment and systems response capability: a futures perspective. Keynote Address at First European Forum on Organization Development, Aachen (November).

With J. Eldred & R. Keidel. A new approach to economic development. Human Futures ](1), 1-12.

On socio-technical systems. In W.A. Pasmore & J.J. Sherwood (Eds.), Sociotechnical systems: A sourcebook (pp. 43-57). La Jolla, CA: University Associates.

The quality of working life and organizational development. Keynote address, First International Conference on Organizational Development, Toronto (October).

1979

New directions of hope. Rejional Studies, 13, 439-451.

New Concepts of Productivity. Paper presented at the Ottawa Conference on Shaping Canada's Future in a Global Perspective (August).

With S. Burgess. Multiple deprivation: A human and economic approach. Linkage 3, 8-9.

Adapting to a changing world. In G. F. Sanderson (Ed.), Industrial Democracy Today. New York: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.

A framework for analyzing the international work environment. In G.F. Sanderson (Ed.), Industrial democracy today. New York: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.

Employment alternative for the eighties. In Proceedings, Urban Seminar Six on Public Enterprises and Government Agencies (pp. 152-172). Toronto: Toronto Social Planning Council.

1980

With R. Keidel. Decline and revitalization: The Jamestown experience. In D. Morley et al. (Eds.), Making cities work: The dynamics of urban innovation. London: Croom Helm.

Networking for social change. In D. Morley et al. (Eds.), Making cities work: The dynamics of urban innovation. London: Croom Helm. '

With C. Pava. Project network-Labor management co-operation in the public sector: Developments in 10 American cities. Management and Behavioral Science Center document, University of Pennsylvania.

The professional facilitation of planned change in organizations. In T. Johnstad (Ed.), Group dynamics in society. Cambridge, MA: Oelgeschlages, Gunn and Hain.

The quality of working life and organizational improvement. Chemistry in Canada, 32(6), 33-37.

The environment and systems response capability - A futures perspective. Futures (April), pp. 113-127.

1981

The evolution of socio-technical systems: A conceptual framework and an action research program. Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Labour. (Also published in A. Van de Ven & W. Joyce [Eds], Organization design and performance. New York: Wiley-Interscience.)

The quality of working life and organizational improvement. In R. Dorion (Ed.), Adapting to a changing world. Ottawa: Labour Canada.

QWL and the 80s. Closing address to the International Conference on QWL and the 80's, Toronto, August.

With D. Morley. Children: Our number one resource. A Report on the Saskatchewan Search Conference on Day Care, Cooperative College of Canada, Saskatoon (June).

With P. Bradshaw. Feasibility of QWL. Projects in the Sudbury Region. Occasional Paper, Ontario QWL Centre, Toronto.

With L. Clarke. Sudbury 2001: An evolutionary analysis. Occasional Paper, Ontario QWL Centre, Toronto.

1982

With W. Westley. QWL in the federal public service. Ottawa: Labour Canada.

With C. Dwyer. The limits of laissez-faire as a socio-technical change strategy. In R. Zager & M. Rosow (Eds.), Innovative organizations: Productivity programs in action (pp. 149-183). New York: Pergamon.

With H. Bridger, S.G. Gray, & N. Sanford. The early years of the Tavistock Institute. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, History of Management Division, New York (August).

1983

QWL and the 80's. In H. Kolodny & H. van Beinum (Eds.), The quality of working life and the 1980Õs. New York: Praeger.

Afterword. In C.H.P. Pava, Managing new office technology: An organizational strategy. New York: Free Press.

Epilogue. In J.T. Ziegenfuss, Patients'rights and organizational models: Sociotechnical systems research on mental health programs. Washington, DC: University Press of America.

Referent organizations and the development of inter-organizational domains. Human Relations, 36(3), 269-284.

1984

Preface. In B. Cunningham & T. White (Eds.), Quality of working life: Contemporary cases. Ottawa: Labour Canada.

Working with Bion in the 1940s: The group decade. In M. Pines (Ed.), Bion and group psychotherapy. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

1985

Intervention strategies for inter-organizational domains. In R. Tannenbaum et al. (Eds.), Human systems development: New perspectives on people and organizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

1990

With Hugh Murray. The Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology. Vol. I The Socio-Psychological Perspective. Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Press.

1993

With Hugh Murray. The Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology. Vol. II The Socio-Technical Perspective. Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Press.

1997

With Fred Emery and Hugh Murray. The Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology. Vol. III The Socio-Ecological Perspective. Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Press.

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