Group relations, management, and organization / edited by Robert French and Russ Vince.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: x, 284 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780198293675 :
- 9780198293668 (pbk)
- 0198293666 (pbk.)
- 658.31244 FRE
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Includes bibliography and index.
Introduction -- 1.Learning, managing, and organizing: the continuing contribution of group relations to management and organization. Robert French and Russ Vince -- 2.Grouping. Barry Palmer -- 3.A mind for business. W. Gordon Lawrence -- 4.Systems psychodynamics in the service of political organizational change. Jane E. Neumamm -- 5.A political visionary in mid-life: notes on leadership and the life cycle. Laurence J. Gould -- 6.Managin the unconscious at work. Anton Obholzer -- 7.Dependency, alienation, or partnership? The changing relatedness of the individual to the enterprise. Eric Miller -- 8.A fresh look at authority and organization: towards a spiritual approach for managing illusion. Gouranga P. Chattopadhyay -- 9.On being frozen in time. Alastair Bain -- Practising theory in group relation -- 10.The recovery of meaning. David Armstrong -- 11.From envy to desire: witnessing the transformation. David Gutmann, Jacqueline Ternier-David, and Christophe Verrier -- 12.In the nick of time: reactivting an organization through leader-initiated interactions with members of staff. Siv Boalt Boe·thius -- 13.Mental health under fire: organizational intervention in a wounded service. Mira Erlich-Ginor and Shmuel Erlich -- 14.The inner drama of role taking in an organization. Joseph Triest -- 15.Isolation, autonomy, and interdependence in organizational life. Vega Zagier Roberts -- 16.The team as a sponge: how the nautre of the task affects the behaviour and mental life of a team. Francesca Cardona -- 17.After the conference is over. Sheila Ramsay.
This collection of essays offers a perspective on the traditions of group relations and the changes that are taking place within this field. The authors provide a variety of perspectives on the past, present, and future of group relations and its impact on organizations, institutions and societies.