Private selves in public organizations : the psychodynamics of organizational diagnosis and change / Michael A. Diamond and Seth Allcorn.

Author/creator Diamond, Michael A., 1950-
Other author Allcorn, Seth.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Descriptionx, 213 pages ; 22 cm
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Subjects

Contents Introduction : analyzing organizations as experiential and relational systems -- Layers of experience : an object relational model for organizations -- Boundaries and surfaces -- Silo mentality -- Organizational change and the analytic third -- Organizations as defective containers -- Moral violence -- Chaos and complexity -- Shame, oppression, and persecution -- Shared emotions : transference and countertransference -- Perversions of democracy -- Immersion and diagnosis -- Conclusion : human nature and organizational silos.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-203) and index.
LCCN 2008032406
ISBN0230613098
ISBN9780230613096