Introduction: This Tree is emergent fromrestore social harmony.
and contains all the elements. It comes into play when a group's cohesion is shattered by intense discord and there are doubts about whether you canprovides the capacity for confident judgements and the development of knowledge. But knowledge often ends up as dogma or ideology governing not only how people think, but how they live, see themselves and relate to others. Mostly there is peaceful co-existence between groups. However, even within a single cohesive group, there may be sub-groups with different needs, ideas, values and customs.
Rival sub-groups cannot simply ignore each other because there is competition for social goods and the levers of power. Social cohesion is therefore a precious state that must be constantly sustained by endeavours-proper targeted to engendering member belonging, loyalty, and harmonious interaction.
into differences and discrimination is therefore natural. This politics applies as much within a small bowling club or academic department, as to a populous nation.Group life is dynamic and periodic disagreements and misunderstandings between members of sub-groups are to be expected. There may be low-level endemic prejudices, with periodic confrontations and episodes of injustice. Mostly such ripples of discontent can be handled through members showing a civil tolerance and restraint and expressing goodwill in ordinary exchanges. The group leadership will be expected to promptly and explicitly right wrongs and arrange for fairness.
However, for various reasons, mutual animosity may develop and resist soothing. If the leadership fails to respond, outrages and flare-ups then start occurring over seemingly minor violations of sensitivities. As hostility and distrust build, cohesion correspondingly deteriorates. The group becomes increasingly dysfunctional and riven with discord. Eventually, it starts to look as if it will split or distintegrate.
However, if division or disintegration is undesirable or is intrinsically impossible, then the only alternatives are to leave that group, or to assume a leadership role dedicated to restoring internal harmony by reducing conflict. The way to reduce conflict at a time of intense strife is to use a framework comprised solely of PH-L4 elements which deliver well-being.
With intentions to deliver well-being for your sub-group and/or the whole group, you are taking on the role of political leader.
Example: Groups that form around ideas are particularly prone to intense factionalization and splitting. Religions break up into sects. Political parties, especially those on the Left, commonly struggle to cohere. Psychoanalytic organizations have had numerous splits
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It is hard to maintain well-being when factional rivalry erupts. Atmospheres start reeking of hostility, explosive emotions are sensed under the surface, and there is excessive sensitivity to any manifestation of sub-group identity. Yet without its members experiencing well-being, a group cannot remain intact for long.
Investigations into the Root Projection to Primary Hierarchies suggested that PH-L4 elements (within their ) are constructed under a psychosocial pressure for well-being (probably with a distinct neurophysiological underpinning).
The Tree framework constructed out of PH-L4 elements can therefore be expected to be dedicated to the provision of well-being. Being a Root Tree, each level (KL•) will also retain its usual psychosocial pressures.
Note: The process here assumes that group members are willing to tolerate the inner discomfort, even pain, fury or distrust, that differential rewards and burdens engender i.e. there is a strong link to
.This list is taken directly from analysis of the Root Projection.
Summary Only: This is an abbreviated overview of the Tree with a focus on the the next topic. Understanding the various elements is assumed. For more details within the Architecture Room, review the relevant part of the Root Projection section.
. A fuller account is provided inThe heart of the framework is
. The strife is about one or more sub-groups not receiving its due and being devalued or oppressed. This leads to bad feelings. To recover, every group must get something and feel better treated. That is possible, but only if each gives way on some matter and reduces their demands. The idea is that every time one group gives another receives: so, if all give, all receive. There is no alternative to being flexible and . As a leader or politician within your group, you cannot avoid responsibilities and nor can you exit. You must fight for your group (whether it is a sub-group or the whole group). Fighting here involves welcoming, developing and fostering compromises that you can feel good about. The degree of discord means that must be judicious, and that is why it needs feeds from other Centres.Feeding into renewal of the diverse endeavours-proper that sustain group cohesion.
from above are the 5 Centres that enablechallenges to the
unite any group. So respecting all symbols is necessary to respect all sub-groups. This serves asfocus a , and demand till negotiations are complete. Constancy shows you are committed to finding compromises, and a provides situational support for compromising.
should enable . They mustThen you must carefully realistic and ensure you accept the need for .
as best you can what is at stake. You need for your group, and you must appreciate the in relation to any proposal. That will makeFeeding into recovery of a viable modus vivendi within your social group.
from below are the 3 Centres that enableThe primary encouragement for efforts to find . But, more importantly, you must openly the aims of the all other groups to get credibility.
of the group as a whole and of the sub-groups require promotion. Above all, you must the rationale for your group's existence. This is theenergize . These ideas must align with and reaffirm the .
are the basis for differences and the road to their resolution. Ideas should be used toBypassing Renewal with Recovery. There are two levels essential for reducing conflict effectively: and . Your for your group must validate your . Your should justify your .
to connectFinal Common Path: A wide variety of interactions need to be handled and so a confirm the that are your reliable reference points, and vice versa.
of responses needs deployment. In your position as leader, you have many options at your disposal to bring people together. You must toSee how the framework may be used (or misused).
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Previous updating: 24-Mar-2014. Last updated 24-Jan-2015.