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Kurt Lewin (/ l ɛ ˈ v iː n / lə-VEEN; 9 September 1890 – 12 February 1947) was a German-American psychologist, known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology in the United States. [1]
The first systematic study of group development was carried out by Kurt Lewin, who introduced the term "group dynamics". [5] His ideas about mutual, cross-level influence and quasi-stationary equilibria, although uncommon in the traditional empirical research on group development, have resurged recently.
Kurt Lewin was a social scientist who researched learning and social conflict. Lewin's first venture into change management started with researching field theory in 1921. Five years later, Lewin would begin a series consisting of about 20 articles to explain field theo
Kurt Lewin played a key role in the evolution of organization development as it is known today. As early as World War II (1939-1945), Lewin experimented with a collaborative change-process (involving himself as a consultant and a client group) based on a three-step process of planning, taking action, and measuring results. This was the ...
Lewin, a social psychologist, believed the "field" to be a Gestalt psychological environment existing in an individual's (or in the collective group) mind at a certain point in time that can be mathematically described in a topological constellation of constructs. The "field" is very dynamic, changing with time and experience.
It is thought to be one of the most important characteristics of a group, and has been linked to group performance, [40] intergroup conflict [41] and therapeutic change. [42] Group cohesion, as a scientifically studied property of groups, is commonly associated with Kurt Lewin and his student, Leon Festinger.
1. Seafood. Both fish and shellfish are extremely perishable and thus prone toward spoiling quickly when exposed to any temperature changes. Once you’ve actually thawed your seafood, you’d be ...
"refreezing" is an oft used misquote. In "Frontiers of Group dynamics" 1947 Lewin uses the word "freezing". I believe that he does this in order emphasize the change; refreezing might be taken to imply that some part of the old is frozen.