Relational Paradigm Research Articles

Relational Psychoanalysis and Clinical Practice

This review essay examines relational psychoanalysis by looking at examples from clinical practice and commenting on its relationship to other forms of therapeutic work. It does this through a discussion of individual and group work and by exploring the complex background out of which the relational paradigm has emerged.

Towards a general hybrid theory in wicked problem structuring part 2: the relational agency paradigm

Purpose This paper has two parts. The purpose of part 1 explains the need for an adaptive paradigm that can efficaciously respond to the complex issues in wicked problems and the fundamentals that this requires were identified. It involved the formulation of a cross-disciplinary relational methodologically plural paradigm with certain properties. The purpose in this Part 2 is to provide a theoretical framework. It adopts autonomous agency theory in which paradigm holders collectively act as “living system” agencies and deliver “living stories” to create coherence in addressing wicked problem issues, and then adopts hybrid structures to address this need. Design/methodology/approach The approach seeks to address wicked problem issues. Wicked problems do not respect academic disciplines, requiring a cross-disciplinary approach. Autonomous agency theory is adopted capable of structuring cross-disciplinary inquiry processes and formulating a hybrid inquiry paradigm. The paper sets up a narrative that delivers a structured essay resulting in a general theory of hybrid inquiry. This paradigm is explored in detail, considering how it can be applied to wicked problems. Findings The paradigm, which traditionally defines a field of study conceptualises and regulates approaches that enable inquiry into behavioural systems. Mono-disciplinary, they are not suitable for the resolution of issues that arise from cross-disciplinary wicked problems. To resolve this, a relational paradigm has been defined within which sits a cross-disciplinary hybrid inquiry system. A general theory of hybrid inquiry has been offered, with an appropriate illustration in ecosystem management. It is shown that agency theory can successfully embrace a relational paradigm. Research limitations/implications To determine the limitations of this theory, there is a need to provide exemplars, which is currently premature. Another outcome is to centre on modes of practice in hybrid inquiry but there is insufficient space for this here. Originality/value This paper makes an original contribution by formulating a structured approach on the creation of a relational paradigm capable of supporting hybrid inquiry. It also adopts cross-disciplinary theory to make its case for a relational paradigm, recognising that wicked problems are cross-disciplinary. As part of the regulatory process it connects Rittel’s issue-based information system (IBIS) schema intended to resolve wicked problems issues and the Johari Window and explains how they would relate. A means is suggested for determining the degree of undecidability of wicked problems issues and hence that of the models that inquiry produces. This uses formative characteristics that define a modelling space. The paper also adopts Husserl’s concept or lifeworld, which acts as a channel for complex narrative theory through which regulative processes are enabled.

Industry 4.0 and Health: Internet of Things, Big Data, and Cloud Computing for Healthcare 4.0

Industry 4.0 and its main enabling information and communication technologies are completely changing both services and production worlds. This is especially true for the health domain, where the Internet of Things, Cloud and Fog Computing, and Big Data technologies are revolutionizing eHealth and its whole ecosystem, moving it towards Healthcare 4.0. By selectively analyzing the literature, we systematically survey how the adoption of the above-mentioned Industry 4.0 technologies (and their integration) applied to the health domain is changing the way to provide traditional services and products. In this paper, we provide (i) a description of the main technologies and paradigms in relation to Healthcare 4.0 and discuss (ii) their main application scenarios; we then provide an analysis of (iii) carried benefits and (iv) novel cross-disciplinary challenges; finally, we extract (v) the lessons learned.

Made by a human like you or me: Back to the Greek classics to further develop the rhetorical paradigm of public relations

The first aim of this paper is to establish some of the core assumptions and concepts that have been used to build the rhetorical paradigm for developing public relations theory. The key tenets of this paradigm are deployed to enable some critical reflection on the value of the model, and particularly the work of Heath, for scholars who accept that public relations is constituted by persuasive discourses and perpetual competition between opposing interests and values. The second aim of this paper is to explore the question of where next? How do we develop the rhetorical paradigm and take it into new directions and allow it to embrace new problems? This paper will attempt to do this by applying agonistic theories of democracy. To mirror how Heath has drawn on classical writers such as Aristotle, Isocrates and Quintilian, this paper will also draw on classical texts: Firstly, through the satirical drama and social commentary in the writing of Aristophanes; and then through Honig’s work in reinterpreting Sophocles’ play Antigone. Agonism derives from the ancient Greek word agōn - a contest or struggle. A key priniciple of classical agonism is that protagonists should seek to win acclaim and admiration by performing openly in public, and it extols plurality above dispassionate deliberation. This suggests some resonance with the dominant assumptions of the rhetorical paradigm, but more modern forms of agonism make post-foundationalist assumptions of the impossibility of any consensus existing beyond precarious hegemonic relationships. They also hold to a radical pluralism that when applied challenge widely-held assumptions that ethically grounded public relations practice is that which seeks to eliminate conflict in favour of seeking consensus. Fusing agonistic cooperation with Heath’s notion of concurrence is suggested as a means of integrating critical theory into the rhetorical paradigm.

Resist This

The concept of resistance has fallen out of favor, particularly in relational psychoanalysis. We’ve associated “resistance” with traditional analytic models—with the idea that therapeutic action lies in overcoming a patient’s defensiveness via interpretation. I invite resistance back into relational thinking by relocating the concept dyadically—in the realm of enactment—and by considering the potential presence of individual resistance within a relational paradigm.

IMF presence in Latin America in the XXI century: looking for a new paradigm of relations

IMF presence in Latin America in the XXI century: looking for a new paradigm of relations

Роль маркетингу в активізації діяльності суб’єктів туристичного бізнесу

The article substantiates the role of marketing in the development of the market of tourist services. The authors believe that the commercial success of the company in the tourism market significantly depends on the extent to which it can support the existing structure of the target needs of real and potential customers and form an optimal portfolio of travel services. In these conditions, marketing is a strategic guideline, the purpose of which is to establish long-term relationships at the micro and macro levels. The study substantiates that the expansion of the traditional boundaries of marketing of tourist services is associated with the formation of a new paradigm of relations with contact audiences, based on the formation and maintenance of loyalty to the travel agency and its services. The article examines the structure of the tourism market, identifies the features of marketing in the field of tourism and develops marketing measures for tourism entities (to form a product developed in accordance with the studied demand on the basis of strategic planning of the company’s activities; offer a tourist service in the right place of specific segments of consumers at reasonable prices; provide a service of quality). The study substantiates the priority of the marketing concept for entities that intend to work in the market of tourist services.

Traditional paradigm and progressivism of contemporary paradigm in early and preschool education

Historical changes in pedagogical ideas and orientations that underpin them show that pedagogy orientates towards the general course of social development. Each historical period creates an interpretative framework for children upbringing. Interpretations of educational concepts depend on the political-economic context of community life, general philosophy advocated by society, and the characteristics of development of various scientific disciplines. Taking into account the social context, pedagogical paradigm is conceptualized by creating authentic scientific knowledge and accepting the knowledge of complementary sciences. This paper discusses similarities and differences between traditional and contemporary pedagogical paradigms in relation to the context of early and preschool education. It also highlights scientific assumptions, starting points and studies of the disciplines with which the contemporary educational paradigm shares the same subject of interest, and through which it conceives and underpins its educational approach. It also problematizes introduction of contemporary educational concepts into practice of early and preschool education. The aforementioned allows focusing on the way in which contemporary pedagogical concept represents its authentic approach, how its principles depart, and in what way they continue on pre-established pedagogical practices.

Exploring the Experience of the World's Leading Countries in Inclusive Growth as Part of the Post-Industrial Economy: Challenges and Perspectives

The main goal of the article is to study the experience of leading countries in the field of inclusive growth.The article considers the main prerequisites for the emergence of inclusive economic growth in the context of ensuring the interests of all segments of the population of the world community. The importance of introducing inclusive programs in the socio-economic sphere of each country is substantiated as the main prerequisite for ensuring economic security, stability and the development of democratization of society. The basic structure of the inclusive growth of the economy was analysed in terms of its main indicators, which together constitute a comprehensive structure for assessing the level of economic stability and democracy. The numerical values of the main indicators of inclusive growth were considered among the representative countries that have been on the leading positions in the field of introducing inclusive growth in their own economies for more than a year. Specific programs for inclusive growth were reviewed among the countries that were being considered. For clarity, countries from different geographical latitudes and with various established paradigms of economic relations were selected as the countries to be accepted. The article examined the programs of inclusive growth of such countries as Norway, Sweden, China and the United States of America. For each country, the main premises, prerequisites, successes and shortcomings of the implementation of inclusive economic growth programs were identified.

РАЗВИТИЕ ТЕОРИИ ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКОГО КАПИТАЛА В XXI в.: НОВЫЕ ТРЕНДЫ И РОССИЙСКИЙ КОНТЕКСТ

The authors review the development of the human capital theory with its four main stages in terms of components and the studied proxy variables: classical thoughts about investment in human capital, economic fundamental research in the field of human capital, research in the field of the theory of investment in human capital, the transformation of views on the theory of human capital. The established periodisation of the stages of human capital development shows that since 2010 a new era of human capital formation has been forming under changes in the paradigm of socioeconomic relations caused by the explosive growth of digital technologies and the pronounced individualisation of human labour, which has become less institutionalised. As a result of a bibliographic search, the authors found that more than half of the publications on human capital in the Scopus database (66.1%) cover the period from 2010 to 2020. The most active research in this area is conducted in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Germany, and Russia. Research interests are expanding from socioeconomic sciences to computer science, engineering, the humanities, and environmental sciences.

An animal in the existential crisis of man

In this article a series of books about Bob the cat and his interaction with the author are analyzed. His story allows the reader to understand homeless people and drug addicts who are outside the society in which the majority of the population seeks to avoid them. The author says that they also may have a chance for another future, but with faith and support in them. So James tells his life story, in which he has support from the Bob. It is the cat that appears as a thing for rescuing James from existential emptiness, loneliness, and drug addiction. The animal becomes the point of intersection between Bowen and ordinary people. In addition, Bob is a kind of marker of human manifestation in man and helps ordinary passers-by to notice it in James. Thanks to the cat, people’s attitude towards James is changing, because he is undergoing transformations. This is because James, before meeting Bob, takes life harshly, cruelly, and hopelessly, and then he understands the world differently. The animal performs those functions that belong to humans, one of which - teaches man to be human. The non-human is a comrade who understands and supports. Man starts to change for the better and strives for these changes. An animal enables a person to change and start life anew, to think about the common future of man and animal. Thus, James Bowen outlines a new paradigm of human-animal relations and defines the peculiarity of this interaction.

The Paradigm of Church-State Relations in the Works of Archbishop Feofan Prokopovich: from the Middle Ages to the Age of Revolution

The Paradigm of Church-State Relations in the Works of Archbishop Feofan Prokopovich: from the Middle Ages to the Age of Revolution

Pakistan's State Sovereignty in the Light of Saudi Arab's Overt Dictation

Historically Pakistan's relations with Saudi Arab have been concerted and coordinated on the basis of calculated strategy, except for the few exceptions. Pakistan had maintained friendly ties with Saudi Arab but with time Saudi Arab started playing more assertive role in relation to Pakistan. Since inception Pakistan tends to look towards the Saudi Arab due to cultural orientation of its public. The unprecedented transition in paradigm of Pak-Saudi relations came when Saudi Arab assumed the role of major economic aid donor. Today, the role of Pakistan can be described as 'shatter belt' vis-à-vis major powers. Pakistani an attempt to pull itself out of Western influence relied on Saudi Aid which resulted in explicit dictation of Saudi Arab.The internal weakness of Pakistan extended the opportunity for accepting external pressure which compromised the sovereignty of state directly and placed Pakistan in compliant position in relation to Saudi Arab. This paper will divulge the unique relations of Saudi Arab and Pakistan by dissecting the dimensions of Saudi Arab's political, economic and cultural influence on Pakistan. It will also illume the Saudi hegemonic policies in which Pakistan adjusts and influenced to revise its own policy choices. This paper will dwell on the way forward in Pak-Saudi relations in order to restore balance and maintain sovereignty of the state.

Retratos inacabados

O artigo discute o retrato que Pablo Picasso fez de Gertrude Stein (1905) para cotejá-lo com os retratos literários que Gertrude Stein fez de Picasso (1909-10, 1924). Examinando como as obras respondem ao imperativo de “matar o século XIX”, interrogamos como tanto em Picasso quanto em Stein opera-se uma mudança de paradigma em relação às exigências do retrato enquanto gênero, que acaba por instaurar um modelo de intersubjetividade em dissidência com antigas prescrições de objetividade pautadas por uma tradição da retratística que emergira com o Renascimento. A análise coloca em relevo os paralelismos entre a “destruição” do espaço perspectivo na pintura cubista e a “destruição” da sintaxe nos poemas de Stein, bem como a busca por simultaneidade e por uma apreensão não unitária e fixa de noções como sujeito e identidade, que Picasso e a escritora praticaram em seus respectivos meios de expressão. Por último, comentamos brevemente a versão em português de Augusto de Campos a partir da tradução de “If I Told You: A Complete Portrait of Picasso” [Se eu lhe contasse: um retrato inacabado de Picasso], o segundo dos retratos de Picasso escrito por Gertrude Stein.

Trapped in discourse? Obstacles to meaningful social work education, research, and practice within the neoliberal university

ABSTRACT This article appraises the role of the neoliberal university in regulating social work education, research, and practice. The dominance of governments and employers in determining social work education is highlighted, alongside the ascendancy of skills-based and vocational training. Moreover, it is proposed that research, associated learning, and practice are now more often molded around essentialist science-based, behavioral or functionalist paradigms, which fit conveniently with free market, politically conservative, and authoritarian agendas. The neoliberal university is increasingly able to rationally prepare social workers to fulfill narrow ideological objectives, which includes priority given to attempts to empower, pathologize, and scientifically manage structurally disadvantaged populations from minority groups. Reductive and positivist paradigms, nevertheless, can struggle to cope with social fragmentation and diversity, with social work students often ill-prepared for many of the complex and poorly funded challenges which they later face as qualified practitioners. Analysis for the article draws from critical theory, and it is concluded that market-based discourses and related professional paradigms—and the symbolically constituted and hyperreal fantasies which they help to maintain—can prove difficult to escape. Social work continues to face a precarious future within university settings in which free market narratives, associated norms, targets, and labor insecurity prevail.

Psychodynamic Group Therapy with Hispanic Migrants: Interpersonal, Relational Constructs in Treating Complex Trauma, Dissociation, and Enactments

ABSTRACTThis article introduces an interpersonal, relational approach to group therapy for Hispanic migrants with significant histories of violence, abuse, multiple losses, and recurrent trauma. Psychodynamic group psychotherapy may help to address trauma symptoms, insecure/disorganized attachment, grief, and isolation with newly arrived migrants. How the relational paradigm in group psychotherapy is contributing to current theories of complex trauma and dissociation is reviewed. Using this modality conveys the importance of examining trauma-driven enactments, dissociation and symbolization involving the members of the group, the group-as-a-whole, and the group leader. Clinical examples and group therapy interventions used to address powerful dissociative enactments are discussed.

Re-imagining the transformative potential of therapeutic jurisprudence and restorative justice using a relational paradigm

Re-imagining the transformative potential of therapeutic jurisprudence and restorative justice using a relational paradigm

Process Approach as a Methodological Basis for Economic Integration of Zabaikalsky Krai and Cross-Border Territories of China

This article proves the necessity of international economic integration between Zabaikalsky Krai and cross-border territories of China. The possibility of increasing regional integration between Zabaikalsky Krai and China is based on complementarity and interdependence of the economic potentials of both sides. At the same time, the existing national differences at the level of development of the adjacent socio-economic systems need a common system of goals, balance of priorities in their achievement, which, in its turn, implies a coherent integration policy between two regions — Zabaikalsky Krai and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. However, the lack of unified theoretical and methodological basis for international regional integration restrains the formation of the existing policy. In the context of multiple and ambiguous scientific approaches to international system, it is proposed to consider the “theory of relationships”, by Professor Qin Yatsin, as the scientific basis for international regional integration, which proves the need and possibility of harmonising relationships between participants of international exchanges. From the author’s point of view, the practical implementation of the “theory of relations” is possible within the framework of the process approach, which implies the interaction of international integration participants in achieving overall results. The use of the process approach as a methodological basis for regional integration allows to balance the interests of the sides of integration and identify their priorities. The proposed paradigm of international relations is supplemented by the author’s classification of the processes, the assessment of their impact on the results of integration. It is shown that the interaction of the processes is sufficiently stable, predictable, manageable, hence the use of the process approach in the development of international regional integration seems very promising. The process approach allows to form various scenarios of international integration, based on different composition, results and nature of the interacting processes

Track 4.c Introduction: Transformation IN and BY Design Thinking

Scholars and practitioners are acknowledging the central role that design can play in innovation. Design is increasingly becoming a strategic source of competitive advantage, to the point that scholars investigate its managerial side and its impact in the creation of value. Design Thinking, in particular, is making the headlines, with an extremely rapid diffusion in the practice and interest of organizations. Far from being connected with the “form” of products, Design Thinking is accepted as a formal method for creative problem solving, with the intent to foster innovation.
 This rapid adoption of Design Thinking in practice however has not gone hand in hand with a robust development and diffusion of its theoretical underpinnings. On the practitioner side, Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, KPMG, McKinsey and PricewaterhouseCoopers rank among the most forceful players in acquiring design agencies in order to renew their offering and refresh their approach. Contemporary design thinking is booming in those industries where the digital transformation requires new competences and capabilities for developing delightful digital experiences. On the one hand Design Thinking describes significant transformations highlighting overlaps and synergies with emerging approaches such Design Sprint, Agile or Creative Confidence; on the other hand it is considered a fundamental paradigm to lead digital transformations. For this reason, the thematic track “Transformation IN and BY Design Thinking” investigates the evolution of this paradigm in relation to different theoretical lenses:
 
 Design Thinking and Innovation Theories
 Design Thinking and Creativity Theories
 Design Thinking and Leadership Theories
 Design Thinking and Organizational Theories

КОУЧИНГ ЯК ФІЛОСОФІЯ І ТЕХНОЛОГІЯ РОЗВИТКУ ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ ПЕДАГОГІЧНОЇ ОСВІТИ

У статті здійснено структуроване дослідження ідеологічних засад та методик і технік коучингу в контексті їхнього лояльного і ефективного використання в організації освітнього процесу педагогічного університету та професійної підготовки майбутніх учителів. З’ясовано етимологію поняття «коучинг», його різновиди та особливості освітнього коучингу. У контексті розвитку вищої школи та вдосконалення професійної педагогічної освіти розглянуто і предметно схарактеризовано коучинг у чотирьох взаємопов’язаних аспектах: 1) парадигми суб’єкт-суб’єктних діалогових стосунків у діаді «студент – викладач» (принципи партнерства усвідомленої відповідальності, віри в людину, ієрархічності розвитку, гнучкості, холізму); 2) коучингової компетентності як складника професійної компетентності; 3) коучингової технології (методики і техніки GROW, SMART, «м’яких» навичок; трьох вимірів – «3D» та ін.); 4) портфоліо досягнень. Коучинг як своєрідна міждисциплінарна багатовимірна філософія і технологія формування і розвитку особистості довів свою ефективність у різних галузях суспільного життя. Тож філософія і технологія коучингу мають значні потенційні можливості у формуванні компетентного і конкурентоздатного педагога.