Organizations on the couch : clinical perspectives on organizational behavior and change
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Organizations on the couch : clinical perspectives on organizational behavior and change
（The Jossey-Bass management series）
Jossey-Bass, 1991
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
In this text, specialists in psychoanalysis and organizational behaviour demonstrate how the psychoanalytic perspective can be successfully applied to analyzing and changing unhealthy but deeply-rooted organizational behaviours, such as addiction to power and the undermining of personal responsibility. Offering in-depth case examples, they help managers and consultants deepen their understanding of organizational culture and decision making, leader/follower dynamics, organizational stress, and other factors that affect efforts to create change.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: exploding the myth that organizations and executives are rational. Part 1 New perspectives on organizations: using psychoanalytic frameworks for organizational analysis
- diagnosing organizations systematically
- exploring the dynamics of leadership. Part 2 The leadership conundrum: leading and managing - understanding the difference
- on becoming a CEO - transference and the addictiveness of power
- intention and strategic action - the impact of the unconscious processes of top executives. Part 3 Change processes in work groups: managing boundaries in organizations
- stresses of group membership - balancing the needs for independence and belonging
- dealing with the anxiety of working - social defences as coping strategy. Part 4 The question of organizational character: leadership styles and organizational cultures - the shaping of neurotic organizations
- how bureaucracy discourages responsibility
- organizational decay and loss of reality - life at NASA. Part 5 Organizational consultation and change: understanding the dynamics between consulting teams and client systems
- the psychodynamics of upheaval - intervening in merger and acquisition transitions
- changing organizations and individuals - psychoanalytic insights for improving organizational health
- epilogue - struggling with the demon - confronting the irrationality of organizations and executives.
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