Private Selves in Public Organizations

The Psychodynamics of Organizational Diagnosis and Change
2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-61309-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 213 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

This book explores organizations as not simply rational, technological structures and networks for organizing people around tasks and services; it defines organizations as relational, experiential, and perceptual systems.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Diamond, M.

Allcorn, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication Introduction PART I: LAYERS OF EXPERIENCE Boundaries and Surfaces Silo Mentality Organizational Change and the Analytic Third Organizations as Defective Containers PART II: MORAL VIOLENCE Chaos and Complexity Shame, Oppression and Persecution PART III: SHARED EMOTIONS: TRANSFERENCE AND COUNTER-TRANSFERENCE Perversions of Democracy Immersion and Diagnosis Conclusion: Human Nature and Organizational Silos Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

MICHAEL A. DIAMOND is Professor of Public Affairs, Associate Director for Academic Programs, and Director of the Center for the Study of Organizational Change at the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri. He is a founding member and past-president of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations.

SETH ALLCORN is Vice President for Business and Finance at the University of New England. He is a founding member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations.