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Authority is the legitimate use of power. But what do we count as legitimate authority and how is such legitimacy achieved?Authority - a short enquiry The NIODA Group Relations Working Conference in November 2019 (Identity, Gender, Authority and Community at Work) has...

Trump's style of executive functioning Introduction In assessing Donald Trump as a president, it is common enough to evaluate his character in psychodynamic terms, for example, to highlight his apparent narcissism, grandiosity or impulsiveness. There is nothing wrong...

The 2019 NIODA Group Relations Conference aims to explore the idea of the community at work, especially those systems within the community that affect or are affected by identity and gender, and how these are affected by authority relations see

Professor Emeritus John F Newton, conferred at NIODA graduation ceremony 2018    Read of this fitting tribute to an extraordinarily gifted man, and his career that has impacted Victorian organisations in a profound way. You are likely to have been privy yourself to...

'This' by Susan Campbell, NIODA graduation speech 2018   The poet Marie Howe wrote 'This' following the experience of caring for her brother before he died at age 28. It's called 'The Gate'. I had no idea that the gate I would step through to finally enter this world...

Our workplaces and home life are becomingly increasingly networked. Through the use of technology, people are able to connect just as easily with people who are geographically distant as they are with people in their local area. In addition, our definition of the ways...

Address to the NIODA Graduands from alumnus, Deb Martindale (RMIT Organisation Dynamics Masters Graduate 2009)    What a great privilege it is to be here with you tonight. I feel very humble. Between you and our new mutual friends Bion, Trist, Chapman, Alderfer and...

   Learning about Economics and Organisational Dynamics Economics: the science of the creation and distribution of resources Organisation Dynamics: the capacity for understanding and influencing the ‘push and pull’ of conscious and unconscious resources in the human...

NIODA SYMPOSIUM 2018 Leading and Managing in the Emergency and Trauma Sectors Symposium Exploring the dynamics of interoperability before, during and after crises. Saturday 15th September 2018 Friday 14th optional pre-symposium dinner & accommodation Leading and...

Experiential Learning: ‘Market’ value or real value? The Australian literary figure Clive James, who coined the term Cultural Amnesia, argues that we can forget that some things don’t have a market value, they only have value. And the current Banking Royal Commission...