PLural ANalysis by CYBEK Method for New Millennium and New Industry

Group Facilitation and Management

The animated picture shows how PLAN is easy and convenient during group activities. The technique of a circulating and sequential absence of individual members of a group at work exerts remarkable effects. The first observation is the improved performance of the group. It is surprising yet is can be observed, theorized and controlled.
It is easy to notice that PLAN's application causes no intrusion, no addition, but a pure facilitation. Practicing it, or studying it, reveals that it is not a passive facilitation, but an insightful release of individual and collective potentials, along with harmonization of the group, in itself and with its environment.

History/Origins of PLAN

PLAN has been first theorized and practiced in France by Dr William Theaux. It has been initiated on the ground of Sociology, Psychology and Cybernetics, with the goal to provide groups and their productivity to improve within, as well as to develop their behavior toward ecological performance.
During its conception PLAN has been recognized as identical - yet updated - to the Western cultural tradition which was pervading the early Sciences of Nature. This doctrine was called the Art of Memory. As PLAN represents and applies the law of memory, it resources mankind's activity in its identity.

Technical Notes

Mechanisms put in action:
New technologies and new ways of life change the condition of our psychology. For individuals, PLAN provides intimacy during individual private sessions which reinforces personal reflection about one's roles in life and in the group.

Networking with communication machines impacts on sociology also. The circulating absence in the group (re: the member extraction) balances the intrusion of the new communication apparatuses. For the collectivity this process stimulates a social dynamic which compares with the new order and results in an homogeneous adjustment.

The typical extraction method of PLAN realizes a therapy for the group through the individuals; while productivity improves with an awareness of the exterior. This is why PLAN can be named also an Ecological Meeting. This metaphor indicates how it is suitable for our present times and work condition.

NOTE : PLAN emphasizes Sociology, with the absence that it puts in circulation, which is a scientific founding argument (pore, anomia; E.Durkheim 1901 foundation of Sociology); several books and articles are available. Easier to think, about modern work and life, I recommend the link with a cnn page . It shows the current shift in civilization mind and proves that human life begins to see itself again, as part of its environment. This is what PLAN values Ecology for its keynote - for it increases the feeling of self-responsibility of the members of a group, which harmonize their activity together and with their environment (natural and social).
Thus PLAN covers the fields and go deeper than comparative techniques: conflict resolution, adaptation to changes, problem solving, Knowledge processing etc... There is a lot more to say about PLAN. Keeping it simple here: it is a pleasant, effective and efficient method for group activities enhancement and management.

For PLAN's application

In the Industry and Corporations

In Sports Teams,

In Historical study groups,

In Theater Companies,

In Parents Group,

In Research Groups.

© CYBEK, 1999