1st Edition

Humanness in Organisations

Edited By Leopold S. Vansina Copyright 2013
246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Humanness in Organizations is a unique contribution from the social sciences to the betterment of organizational life. The authors argue that working life can only become more humane when we change the conditions that consciously or unconsciously steer people away from consideration, friendship and integrity. The aim of this book is twofold: first, to take a closer look at the current practices... Read more
Foreword , General introduction , Taking a Closer Look , Introduction , Psychic imprisonment and its release within organisations and working relationships , Work, management, and psychic health , Approaching twenty-first century, information-based organisations , Are we losing the group in the study of group dynamics? Three illustrations , Notes towards a model of organisational therapy , Thoughts and Ideas for the Practice , Introduction , Processing mental representations of roles: alternating written and face-to-face interactions , Facilitating transitional change , Feedback or reviewing: a conceptual clarification of the differential impact on human beings and work systems , Conversations on work , Enacting one’s way to new thinking: using critical incidents to vitalise authentic collaboration and learning , Epilogue

Biography

Leopold Vansina