The History of Groups and Large Group Intervention: A Conversation with Barbara Bunker

This is the fourth video produced in the ‘Just In Case’ mini-series, sponsored by Quality and Equality, where Dr. Barbara Bunker, a pioneer in OD, shares The History of Groups and Large Group Interventions in a conversation with Dr. Mee Yan Cheung-Judge. In this video, Dr. Bunker details how the first experiments around Large Group Methods started, how herself and Billie Alban collaborated to offer large group trainings and explores how relevant the methods and practice are in today’s world.

This 50-minute video is filled with stories, history, insights, and wisdom about the field of OD. We hope you will gain context and joy from hearing the stories, and will understand the journey OD has been on through the personal experiences from pioneers like Dr. Bunker.

Biography 

Barbara Benedict Bunker (Ph.D. Columbia University) is a social psychologist and Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University at Buffalo (SUNY).

Her activities in the area of planned organizational change span 50 years. She has consulted to major business, governmental, voluntary, and educational organizations. She has taught in Organizational Development programs at American, Pepperdine, Columbia and Harvard Universities. In 2005 the Organization Development Networks recognized her with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Her books include Conflict, Cooperation, and Justice (1995) with Jeffery Rubin.  Large Group Interventions (1997) and The Handbook of Large Group Methods (2006) with Billie Alban and Innovations in Inclusion: (2009) with Janice Eddy.

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