Working below the surface : the emotional life of contemporary organizations / editors: Clare Huffington ... [et at.].

Contributor(s):

Huffington, Clare

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Tavistock Clinic seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Karnac, 2004.Description: xx, 245 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

1855752948
9781855752948

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HD58.8 .W6775 2004

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Standard Loan	Thurles Library Main Collection	658.4 HUF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		30026000008200

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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. The intention is to identify and explore some of the key themes that have emerged, such as the emotional world of the organisation and the dynamics of resistance to change, 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. Contributors:David Armstrong; Andrew Cooper; Tim Dartington; William Halton; Sharon Horowitz; Linda Hoyle; Clare Huffington; Kim James; Sarah Miller; Anton Obholzer; Jane Pooley; and Nick Temple. Part of the Tavistock Clinic Series.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgements (p. ix)
Contributors (p. xi)
Series Editor's Preface (p. xv)
Foreword (p. xvii)
Introduction (p. 1)
Chapter 1 Emotions in organizations: disturbance or intelligence? (p. 11)
Section I Perspectives on Leadership
Introduction (p. 31)
Chapter 2 Leadership, followership, and facilitating the creative workplace (p. 33)
Chapter 3 What women leaders can tell us (p. 49)
Chapter 4 What is the emotional cost of distributed leadership? (p. 67)
Section II Change and Creativity
Introduction (p. 85)
Chapter 5 From sycophant to saboteur-responses to organizational change (p. 87)
Chapter 6 By what authority? Psychoanalytical reflections on creativity and change in relation to organizational life (p. 107)
Section III Working Relations in a New Organizational Order
Introduction (p. 125)
Chapter 7 The vanishing organization: organizational containment in a networked world (p. 127)
Chapter 8 The discovery and loss of a "compelling space". A case study in adapting to a new organizational order (p. 151)
Section IV Working with the Experience of Vulnerability
Introduction (p. 167)
Chapter 9 Layers of meaning: a coaching journey (p. 171)
Chapter 10 Clash of the Titans-conflict resolution using a contextualized mediation process (p. 191)
Endword (p. 205)
Appendix I Notes on consultancy approach and techniques (p. 209)
Appendix II Glossary (p. 223)
References (p. 231)
Index (p. 241)