Organizational Consulting : A Gestalt Approach

ISBN-13: 9780881632491 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 228 str.

Opis

An exposition of the organizational approach developed by Edwin Nevis and his team, which has been applied to organizational settings that range from hospitals to industry and government. The approach is based on the Gestalt model and it emphasizes the role of resistance in change processes.

Spis treści

Preface
- Development and Application of the Gestalt Figure-Ground Model
- The Gestalt Cycle of Experience as an Orienting Principle
- A Gestalt Model of Organizational Intervention
- On Presence: The Consultant as a Learning Model
- The Desired Skills of a Competent Intervener
- Gestalt Awareness Process in Organizational Assessment
- Evocative and Provocative Modes of Influence in the Implementation of Change
- On the Meaning of Resistance in Organizational Settings
- Developing Relationships with Clients: Organization Consulting as Contrasted with Psychotherapy
- Marginality, Autonomy, and Affiliation: The Precarious Balance
Epilogue: Learning to Deal with Regret

O autorze

Edwin C. Nevis, Ph.D., has practiced in the field of organizational consulting for over 40 years.  During that time, he served a 13 year term as President of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, created GIC Press, authored numerous articles and 4 books, co-founded the journal Gestalt Review, and spent 17 years at the Sloan School of Management at MIT.