The Resource The dysfunctional workplace : theory, stories, and practice, Seth Allcorn and Howard F. Stein, (electronic resource)
The dysfunctional workplace : theory, stories, and practice, Seth Allcorn and Howard F. Stein, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
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- "This book explores the dark, dysfunctional nature of organization and the experience of working in them. The authors offer dozens of stories of workplace dysfunction and use a psychoanalytically informed perspective to help readers understand why a leader, colleague, or friend behaves in ways that are destructive to others and to the organization. The work is divided into three parts: theory, stories, and practice. Topics covered in the first section include the value of storytelling, an overview of competing paradigms in analysis, and the value of psychoanalysis and its explanatory power. This is followed by chapters on case stories organized by theme and a conclusion that explores the implications of the research and analytic practice. The engaging stories are drawn from events the authors have experienced or observed, and from their roles as professional consultants. Subjects range from the consequences egotistical and shortsighted leaders can have on organizations to details such as the effect a suddenly empty desk has on staff in the office. This fresh scholarship provides the basis for studying the workplace, organizational dynamics, and management. By posing questions and providing analysis, the authors seek to make the reader a "virtual consultant" participating in answering the questions that stories inevitably raise. This is followed by the authors' own analysis of the case studies, addressing those same questions and offering reflections on how organizations might be managed so as to minimize dysfunction." -- Publisher's description
- "This book explores the dark, dysfunctional nature of organization and the experience of working in them. The authors offer dozens of stories of workplace dysfunction and use a psychoanalytically informed perspective to help readers understand why a leader, colleague, or friend behaves in ways that are destructive to others and to the organization. The work is divided into three parts: theory, stories, and practice. Topics covered in the first section include the value of storytelling, an overview of competing paradigms in analysis, and the value of psychoanalysis and its explanatory power. This is followed by chapters on case stories organized by theme and a conclusion that explores the implications of the research and analytic practice. The engaging stories are drawn from events the authors have experienced or observed, and from their roles as professional consultants. Subjects range from the consequences egotistical and shortsighted leaders can have on organizations to details such as the effect a suddenly empty desk has on staff in the office. This fresh scholarship provides the basis for studying the workplace, organizational dynamics, and management. By posing questions and providing analysis, the authors seek to make the reader a "virtual consultant" participating in answering the questions that stories inevitably raise. This is followed by the authors' own analysis of the case studies, addressing those same questions and offering reflections on how organizations might be managed so as to minimize dysfunction." -- Publisher's description
- This book explores an aspect of organizational life that is at times difficult to acknowledge and often painful to recall. Stories invite reflection and the development of greater understanding of organizational dynamics. This fresh scholarship provides a theoretical framework for discussion. Throughout this book, Allcorn and Stein utilize a psychoanalytically informed perspective to help readers understand why a leader, colleague or friend behaves in ways that are destructive of others and the organization and provides a basis for organizations to survive and thrive in a dysfunctional workplace
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 226 pages
- Contents
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- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part one. Theory -- 1. Stories from the workplace : an introduction -- 2. Why use a psychoanalytic approach to understand organizations? -- 3 Psychoanalytic perspectives and the workplace -- Part two. Stories and analysis -- 4. Destructive leaders and organizational darkness -- 5. Projection and organizational crazy making -- 6. Organizational toxicity -- 7. The geography of organizational darkness -- 8. The stories, their meaning, and understanding workplace complexity -- 9. Implications for theory and research
- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part one. Theory -- 1. Stories from the workplace : an introduction -- 2. Why use a psychoanalytic approach to understand organizations? -- 3 Psychoanalytic perspectives and the workplace -- Part two. Stories and analysis -- 4. Destructive leaders and organizational darkness -- 5. Projection and organizational crazy making -- 6. Organizational toxicity -- 7. The geography of organizational darkness -- 8. The stories, their meaning, and understanding workplace complexity -- 9. Implications for theory and research
- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- part one. Theory -- 1. Stories from the workplace : an introduction -- 2. Why use a psychpoanalytic approach to understand organizations? -- 3 Psychoanalytic perspectives and the workplace -- part two. Stories and analysis -- 4. Destructive leaders and organizational darkness -- 5. Projection and organizational crazy making -- 6. Organizational toxicity -- 7. The geography of organizational darkness -- 8. The stories, their meaning, and understanding workplace complexity -- 9. Implications for theory and research
- Isbn
- 9780826220653
- Label
- The dysfunctional workplace : theory, stories, and practice
- Title
- The dysfunctional workplace
- Title remainder
- theory, stories, and practice
- Statement of responsibility
- Seth Allcorn and Howard F. Stein
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "This book explores the dark, dysfunctional nature of organization and the experience of working in them. The authors offer dozens of stories of workplace dysfunction and use a psychoanalytically informed perspective to help readers understand why a leader, colleague, or friend behaves in ways that are destructive to others and to the organization. The work is divided into three parts: theory, stories, and practice. Topics covered in the first section include the value of storytelling, an overview of competing paradigms in analysis, and the value of psychoanalysis and its explanatory power. This is followed by chapters on case stories organized by theme and a conclusion that explores the implications of the research and analytic practice. The engaging stories are drawn from events the authors have experienced or observed, and from their roles as professional consultants. Subjects range from the consequences egotistical and shortsighted leaders can have on organizations to details such as the effect a suddenly empty desk has on staff in the office. This fresh scholarship provides the basis for studying the workplace, organizational dynamics, and management. By posing questions and providing analysis, the authors seek to make the reader a "virtual consultant" participating in answering the questions that stories inevitably raise. This is followed by the authors' own analysis of the case studies, addressing those same questions and offering reflections on how organizations might be managed so as to minimize dysfunction." -- Publisher's description
- "This book explores the dark, dysfunctional nature of organization and the experience of working in them. The authors offer dozens of stories of workplace dysfunction and use a psychoanalytically informed perspective to help readers understand why a leader, colleague, or friend behaves in ways that are destructive to others and to the organization. The work is divided into three parts: theory, stories, and practice. Topics covered in the first section include the value of storytelling, an overview of competing paradigms in analysis, and the value of psychoanalysis and its explanatory power. This is followed by chapters on case stories organized by theme and a conclusion that explores the implications of the research and analytic practice. The engaging stories are drawn from events the authors have experienced or observed, and from their roles as professional consultants. Subjects range from the consequences egotistical and shortsighted leaders can have on organizations to details such as the effect a suddenly empty desk has on staff in the office. This fresh scholarship provides the basis for studying the workplace, organizational dynamics, and management. By posing questions and providing analysis, the authors seek to make the reader a "virtual consultant" participating in answering the questions that stories inevitably raise. This is followed by the authors' own analysis of the case studies, addressing those same questions and offering reflections on how organizations might be managed so as to minimize dysfunction." -- Publisher's description
- This book explores an aspect of organizational life that is at times difficult to acknowledge and often painful to recall. Stories invite reflection and the development of greater understanding of organizational dynamics. This fresh scholarship provides a theoretical framework for discussion. Throughout this book, Allcorn and Stein utilize a psychoanalytically informed perspective to help readers understand why a leader, colleague or friend behaves in ways that are destructive of others and the organization and provides a basis for organizations to survive and thrive in a dysfunctional workplace
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Allcorn, Seth
- Dewey number
- 658.3
- LC call number
- HD58.9
- LC item number
- .A448 2015
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Stein, Howard F
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Management
- Organizational effectiveness
- Communication in management
- Work environment
- Communication in management
- Management
- Organizational effectiveness
- Work environment
- Organisationsverhalten
- Management
- Arbeitsplatz
- Label
- The dysfunctional workplace : theory, stories, and practice, Seth Allcorn and Howard F. Stein, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index
- Contents
-
- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part one. Theory -- 1. Stories from the workplace : an introduction -- 2. Why use a psychoanalytic approach to understand organizations? -- 3 Psychoanalytic perspectives and the workplace -- Part two. Stories and analysis -- 4. Destructive leaders and organizational darkness -- 5. Projection and organizational crazy making -- 6. Organizational toxicity -- 7. The geography of organizational darkness -- 8. The stories, their meaning, and understanding workplace complexity -- 9. Implications for theory and research
- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part one. Theory -- 1. Stories from the workplace : an introduction -- 2. Why use a psychoanalytic approach to understand organizations? -- 3 Psychoanalytic perspectives and the workplace -- Part two. Stories and analysis -- 4. Destructive leaders and organizational darkness -- 5. Projection and organizational crazy making -- 6. Organizational toxicity -- 7. The geography of organizational darkness -- 8. The stories, their meaning, and understanding workplace complexity -- 9. Implications for theory and research
- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- part one. Theory -- 1. Stories from the workplace : an introduction -- 2. Why use a psychpoanalytic approach to understand organizations? -- 3 Psychoanalytic perspectives and the workplace -- part two. Stories and analysis -- 4. Destructive leaders and organizational darkness -- 5. Projection and organizational crazy making -- 6. Organizational toxicity -- 7. The geography of organizational darkness -- 8. The stories, their meaning, and understanding workplace complexity -- 9. Implications for theory and research
- Control code
- OCM1bookssj0001583707
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- xvii, 226 pages
- Governing access note
- License restrictions may limit access
- Isbn
- 9780826220653
- Lccn
- 2015943640
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0001583707
- Label
- The dysfunctional workplace : theory, stories, and practice, Seth Allcorn and Howard F. Stein, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index
- Contents
-
- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part one. Theory -- 1. Stories from the workplace : an introduction -- 2. Why use a psychoanalytic approach to understand organizations? -- 3 Psychoanalytic perspectives and the workplace -- Part two. Stories and analysis -- 4. Destructive leaders and organizational darkness -- 5. Projection and organizational crazy making -- 6. Organizational toxicity -- 7. The geography of organizational darkness -- 8. The stories, their meaning, and understanding workplace complexity -- 9. Implications for theory and research
- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part one. Theory -- 1. Stories from the workplace : an introduction -- 2. Why use a psychoanalytic approach to understand organizations? -- 3 Psychoanalytic perspectives and the workplace -- Part two. Stories and analysis -- 4. Destructive leaders and organizational darkness -- 5. Projection and organizational crazy making -- 6. Organizational toxicity -- 7. The geography of organizational darkness -- 8. The stories, their meaning, and understanding workplace complexity -- 9. Implications for theory and research
- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- part one. Theory -- 1. Stories from the workplace : an introduction -- 2. Why use a psychpoanalytic approach to understand organizations? -- 3 Psychoanalytic perspectives and the workplace -- part two. Stories and analysis -- 4. Destructive leaders and organizational darkness -- 5. Projection and organizational crazy making -- 6. Organizational toxicity -- 7. The geography of organizational darkness -- 8. The stories, their meaning, and understanding workplace complexity -- 9. Implications for theory and research
- Control code
- OCM1bookssj0001583707
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- xvii, 226 pages
- Governing access note
- License restrictions may limit access
- Isbn
- 9780826220653
- Lccn
- 2015943640
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0001583707
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