Formally introduced in 1979, SYMLOG (Systematic Multiple Level Observation of Groups) has been tested and developed in the years since by Robert Bales of Harvard University and a team of collaborators, including the editors of this volume. Here, the Hares provide a current survey of SYMLOG applications in three areas: organizational consultation, research on cultural differences that underlie the problems of managing diversity, and the measure of personality and social perception. With five case studies and several intensive reviews of SYMLOG theory, the present volume is an invaluable tool for both scholars and professional management consultants.

Table of Contents:
Foreword: Consulting with SYMLOG by Margaret A. Cowen SYMLOG Field Theory by A. Paul Hare Organizational Consultants Use SYMLOG David J. Carey Facilitates Three-Day Teambuilding with Police by David J. Carey with Sharon E. Hare Marilyn Deming Promotes Leadership Effectiveness in a Multiphase Intervention with a Hawaiian Corporation by Marilyn Deming with Sharon E. Hare Robert O. Farquhar Combines Organizational and Individual Feedback with the Executive Committee of a Scientific Research Unit by Robert O. Farquhar with Sharon E. Hare George L. Whaley Predicts the Potential for a Successful Merger of Two Small Engineering Service Firms by George L. Whaley with Sharon E. Hare Leadership Can Be Taught by Robert J. Koenigs Diversity in Value Systems Implications for Cross-Cultural Management Training: Comparison of Chinese and American Managers by Sharon E. Hare North American and Italian Views of Effective Leadership and Teamwork: A Cross-Cultural Perspective by M. Cristina Isolabella with Sharon E. Hare Management of Diversity: An Assessment of Cross-Race Managerial Behaviors and Implications for Minority Managers' Career Development by David L. Ford Perceptions of Observed and Model Values of Male and Female Managers by A. Paul Hare, Robert J. Koenigs, and Sharon E. Hare Political Leaders in the SYMLOG Space: Perceptions of Right- and Left-Wing Leaders by Right- and Left-Wing Constituencies by Arie Nadler, Shmuel Ellis, and Amos Rabin Applications in Social Psychology Personality and Perceived Values: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Co-Worker Ratings on SYMLOG by Eric Sundstrom, Robert J. Koenigs, and G. Douglas Huet-Cox Implicit Personality Theory, Social Desirability, and Reflected Appraisal of Self in the Context of New Field Theory (SYMLOG) by A. Paul Hare, Sharon E. Hare, and Robert J. Keonigs Appendix A: A Brief History of SYMLOG: In Headlines and Footnotes Appendix B: SYMLOG Consulting Materials Bibliography Name Index Subject Index