The neurotic organization
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The neurotic organization
（The Jossey-Bass management series）（The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series）
Jossey-Bass, 1984
Available at 27 libraries
Note
Half title: The neurotic organization : diagnosing and changing counterproductive styles of management
Bibliography: p. 211-232
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Is your organization obsessive-compulsive or passive-aggressive? Corporate neurosis expert Manfred Kets de Vries analyzes dysfunctional organizational behavior in terms of accepted psychoanalytic types and arrives at some genuine insights into why some companies are healthier than others.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Tracing Problems from Organizational to Individual Levels
Part One: Organizational Problems
1. Neurotic Styles and Organizational Dysfunctioning
2. Shared Fantasies and Group Processes
3. Confused Interpersonal Relationships
4. Destrucive Superior/Subordinate Interactions
5. Life-Cycle Crises and Individual Career Satisfaction
Part Two: Overcoming Resistance to Change
6. Identifying Defense Mechanisms and Sources of Resistance
7. Helping Managers Gain Insight to Facilitate Change
8. Steps in Diagnosing, Overcoming, and Preventing Problems
9. Organizational Therapy in Action: A Case Study
Conclusion: Working for Change--Cautions and Recommendations
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