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DMFT-7115

Relational/Systemic Application in Larger Systems

Lesson 4 Resources

Required Resources 

Applying Bowen Theory to Work Systems 
Kott, K. (2014). Applying Bowen Theory to Work Systems. OD Practitioner, 46(3), 76–82. 

Theorizing about power: Intersecting the ideas of Foucault with the “problem” of power in family therapy. 
Flaskas, C., & Humphreys, C. (1993). Theorizing about power: Intersecting the ideas of Foucault with the “problem” of power in family therapy. Family Process, 32(1), 35–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1993.00035.x 
The authors wrestle with ideas from Bateson and Foucault around the intersection of systems concepts and power dynamics.  

Putting the System Back into Systems Change: A Framework for Understanding and Changing Organizational and Community Systems 
Foster-Fishman, P. G., Nowell, B., & Yang, H. (2007). Putting the system back into systems change: A framework for understanding and changing organizational and community systems. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39(3/4), 197–215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-007-9109-0 
This article provides examples of macro-system changes and extends thinking about applying systemic approaches to change. 

The Art of Convening: How Community Engagement Professionals Build Place-Based Community-University Partnerships for Systemic Change
Kuttner, P. J., Byrne, K., Schmit, K., & Munro, S. (2019). The Art of Convening: How Community Engagement Professionals Build Place-Based Community-University Partnerships for Systemic Change. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 23(1), 131–160. 
The researchers in this article describe what they have learned about forming partnerships across community systems to help facilitate change 

Systemic Engagement: Universities as Partners in Systemic Approaches to Community Change
McNall, M. A., Barnes-Najor, J. V., Brown, R. E., Doberneck, D. M., & Fitzgerald, H. E. (2015). Systemic Engagement: Universities as Partners in Systemic Approaches to Community Change. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 19(1), 1–25. 
The authors discuss the idea of systemic engagement as a means to developing partnership, providing suggestions for what is needed to establish such partnerships