Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries, Danny Miller

The Neurotic Organization

Diagnosing and Changing Counterproductive Styles of Management

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• J-B US non-Franchise Leadership
• Verlag: Jossey-Bass Publishers / Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9780875896069
• ISBN-10: 0875896065
• Artikelnr.: 13942580

Autorenporträt

MANFRED F. R. KETS DE VRIES is professor of organizational behavior and management policy, Faculty of Management, McGill University, and is currently visiting professor in social psychology of management, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He is also a practicing psychoanalyst. DANNY MILLER is associate professor of management policy and organization theory, Faculty of Management, McGill University, and at Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Montreal.

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

"Excellent and well-written.... The authors analyze dysfunctional organizational behavior in terms of accepted psychoanalytic types. The analogy between personal and organizational malfunction is clearly drawn and offers genuine insights into understanding nonfunctional organizational behavior.", Choice