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To mark the centenary of the birth of one the most influential thinkers of the 20th Century, Peter Hawkins has been commissioned to write a centennial tribute showing the influence of Gregory Bateson on the fields of Organisational Development and Action Research.

This will be published in the next issue of the Journal of Action Research.

Copies of the paper are also available by emailing: [email protected].

Abstract of the article.

A Centennial Tribute to Gregory Bateson 1904-1980:
and his influence on the fields of
Organisational Development and Action-
Research.

Peter Hawkins
Chairman Bath Consultancy Group
July 2004


Draft for publication in the Journal of Action Research edited by Peter reason and Hilary Bradbury.
Comments to: [email protected]


Abstract.
�The most important task today is, perhaps, to think in a new way.��Gregory Bateson
This article describes the life and writing of Gregory Bateson, who�s centennial is being
celebrated in 2004 and who Fritjof Capra has described as �One of the most influential
thinkers of our time�. The article then describes the influence of Bateson�s work on the fields of Organisation Development and Action Research, with particular reference to:
Organizational Culture, Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management; Systemic
Thinking and the importance of an environmental perspective. The paper ends by showing how Bateson was setting out a new paradigm for our times that transcends the differently blinkered approaches of science and religion.

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