228 Pages
by
Gestalt Press
228 Pages
by
Gestalt Press
228 Pages
by
Gestalt Press
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In this classic text, pioneering organizational consultant Edwin C. Nevis presents an approach to organizational consulting which is grounded in Gestalt theory. Nevis brings his well-known insight, conceptual clarity and decades of experience to bear on the entire spectrum of concerns facing organizational consultants in a wide variety of settings.
Beginning with the development of the... Read more
Preface
- Development and Application of the Gestalt Figure-Ground Model
- The Gestalt Cycle of Experience as an Orienting Principle
- A Gestalt Model of Organizational Intervention
- On Presence: The Consultant as a Learning Model
- The Desired Skills of a Competent Intervener
- Gestalt Awareness Process in Organizational Assessment
- Evocative and Provocative Modes of Influence in the Implementation of Change
- On the Meaning of Resistance in Organizational Settings
- Developing Relationships with Clients: Organization Consulting as Contrasted with Psychotherapy
- Marginality, Autonomy, and Affiliation: The Precarious Balance
Epilogue: Learning to Deal with Regret
- Development and Application of the Gestalt Figure-Ground Model
- The Gestalt Cycle of Experience as an Orienting Principle
- A Gestalt Model of Organizational Intervention
- On Presence: The Consultant as a Learning Model
- The Desired Skills of a Competent Intervener
- Gestalt Awareness Process in Organizational Assessment
- Evocative and Provocative Modes of Influence in the Implementation of Change
- On the Meaning of Resistance in Organizational Settings
- Developing Relationships with Clients: Organization Consulting as Contrasted with Psychotherapy
- Marginality, Autonomy, and Affiliation: The Precarious Balance
Epilogue: Learning to Deal with Regret
Biography
Edwin C. Nevis, Ph.D., has practiced in the field of organizational consulting for over 40 years. During that time, he served a 13 year term as President of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, created GIC Press, authored numerous articles and 4 books, co-founded the journal Gestalt Review, and spent 17 years at the Sloan School of Management at MIT.
