Working Below the Surface : The Emotional Life of Contemporary Organizations

ISBN-13: 9781855752948 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 268 str.

Clare Huffington; David Armstrong; William Halton

Opis

The chapters contributed to this book have been written by the staff and associates of The Tavistock Consultancy Service, whose distinctive competence is in the human dimension of enterprise and the dynamics of the workplace. From their own perspectives, they tell a story of the experience of working as consultants over the decade with individuals, teams and whole organizations. The intention is to identify and explore some of the key themes that have emerged and how these affect and influence the understanding of leadership and management in contemporary organizations. No attempt is made to reach a consensus, but rather to raise and map out a territory of continuing question and debate. The themes covered in the book are: the emotional world of the organisation and its significance for understanding, decision and action; different perspectives on the nature and exercise of leadership; the dynamics of resistance to change and of creativity; the impact of contextual change on re-shaping the concept of the organization; different ways organizations are responding to issues of personal challenge or vulnerability.

Contributors: David Armstrong, Andrew Cooper, Tim Dartington, William Halton, Sharon Horowitz, Linda Hoyle, Clare Huffington, Kim James, Anton Obholzer, Jane Pooley

Spis treści

Series Editor’s Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Emotions in organizations: disturbance or intelligence? -- Perspectives on Leadership -- Leadership, followership, and facilitating the creative workplace -- What women leaders can tell us -- What is the emotional cost of distributed leadership? -- Change and Creativity -- From sycophant to saboteur—responses to organizational change -- By what authority? Psychoanalytical reflections on creativity and change in relation to organizational life -- Working Relations in a New Organizational Order -- The vanishing organization: organizational containment in a networked world -- The discovery and loss of a “compelling space” -- Working with the Experience of Vulnerability -- Layers of meaning: a coaching journey -- Clash of the Titans—conflict resolution using a contextualized mediation process -- Endword -- Notes on consultancy approach and techniques -- Glossary

O autorze

Ann Horne trained in the Independent tradition at the BAP. She has discovered that retirement (after 10 years latterly at the Portman Clinic, London) can become very crowded and makes occasional sorties from behind the keyboard to speak and teach in the UK and abroad.