Three elements combine to make the Tavistock Institute unusual, if not unique: it has the independence of being entirely self-financing, with no subsidies from the government or other sources; the action research orientation places it between, but not in, the worlds of academia and consultancy; and its range of disciplines include anthropology, economics, organizational behavior, political science, psychoanalysis, psychology and sociology.
- [ READ MORE ]The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations were founded in London in 1921 by the Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock. |