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institution1947–present

National Training Laboratories

Disciplines:
social psychology/group dynamics
management/organizational development
experiential learning
management/human relations training

Summary

American organization founded in 1947 by Lewin's students that developed T-groups (training groups) as a method for experiential learning about interpersonal dynamics — a practice that became the foundation of organizational development.

Core Contribution

Developed the T-group (sensitivity training group) as a structured method for experiential learning about group dynamics — originating the organizational development field and influencing management training worldwide.

Historical Influences

Kurt Lewin Leland Bradford Ronald Lippitt

Intellectual Lineage

Lewinian Group DynamicsHumanistic Psychology Experiential Learning Theory

Contemporaries & Peers

Research Center for Group Dynamics

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

T-group methodologyOrganizational DevelopmentSensitivity Training

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