Group dynamics and systems thinking: interdisciplinary roots, metaphors, and applications
The term “group dynamics” was coined and popularized for the first time by Kurt Lewin in the 1930s with the scope to describe the way groups and individuals act and react to changing circumstances [1]. Fundamentally, the dynamics of a group conceptually derives from the continuous interaction (resonance) between its members. For Lewin, the principle of interactionism in his field theory is expressed by the formula: B = f(P,E) which means that the behavior (B) of an individual (i.e.