The present paper deals with mutually unbiased bases for systems of qudits in $d$ dimensions. Such bases are of considerable interest in quantum information. A formula for deriving a complete set of $1+p$ mutually unbiased bases is given for $d=p$ where $p$ is a prime integer. The formula follows from a nonstandard approach to the representation theory of the group $SU\left(2\right)$. A particular case of the formula is derived from the introduction of a phase operator associated with a generalized oscillator algebra. The case...