The Psychodynamics of Toxic Organizations: Applied Poems, Stories and Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780367507435 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 282 str.

Opis

This book both widens the scope of organizational research offered by  researchers and approaches to understanding workplace organizations. Its triangulating integration of applied poetry, experience and stories behind the poetry is a distinct contribution to organizational research and leadership.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to Applied Poetry and Storytelling 2. Introduction to Psychoanalytic Theories 3. Leaders in the Workplace 4. Downsizing the Workplace 5. Alienation and Bureaucracy at Work 6. Loss of Self: Disappearance into Anonymity 7. Conflict at Work 8. Life at Work in Hospitals and Clinics: Modern Medicine and Us 9. Meetings at Work 10. Psychographic Considerations at Work 11. Playing with Perspective: The Workplace on the Stage 12. In Conclusion: Reflections, Looking Backward and Forward on Knowing and Feeling in the Workplace

O autorze

Howard F. Stein is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA. Seth Allcorn is the former Vice President for Business and Finance at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, USA. He has more than twenty years of experience working with physicians, hospitals and academic medical centers and is an organizational consultant specializing in the management of change, strategic planning and organizational restructuring.