The Psychoanalysis of Organizations : Psychoanalytic Approach to Behaviour in Groups and Organizations

✍ Scribed by R. De Board, Robert De Board

• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 169
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In print for over twenty years, this classic work takes a wide-ranging overview of the major psychoanalytic theorists and organizational researchers and ends with the writer's own idea about how the two groups work together. Written in plain English, it nevertheless gets across some sophisticated concepts. A valuable read for managers, behavioural scientists, psychoanalysts and counsellors, and interesting for the general reader too.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Introduction......Page 8
1 Early studies of group behaviour......Page 12
2 The leader the influence of Sigmund Freud......Page 26
3 Transference and projection the influence of Ferenczi......Page 33
4 The child’s world of the adult - the contribution of Melanie Klein......Page 36
5 Groups and their basic assumptions - the influence of Wilfred Bion......Page 46
6 The life and work of Kurt Lewin......Page 60
7 T groups and the laboratory method of learning......Page 76
8 Human behaviour and general systems theory......Page 97
9 Organization as a defence against anxiety......Page 123
10 Mental energy anxiety and effectiveness......Page 141
Appendix......Page 156
References......Page 158
Name index......Page 164
Subject index......Page 166