1st Edition

Psychodynamic Organisational Theory Key Concepts and Case Studies

By Jacob Alsted, Ditte Haslund Copyright 2020
298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

On the surface, people go to work and come home again. They sometimes manage people while most are managed themselves. But beneath the function and structures of the work itself, a whole range of emotions affects the success of the relationship between employee and manager and ultimately the organisation they both belong to. Psychodynamic Organisational Theory: Key Concepts and Cases... Read more

Foreword

Chapter 1: Management and employees

Part ONE: The employee in the community

Chapter 2: The dual relationship of individuals to groups

Chapter 3: Cooperation and psychological defences

Chapter 4: Acceptance of new employees into the organisation

Chapter 5: The individual expulsion from the community

Part TWO: Group processes

Chapter 6: The group as an independent unit

Chapter 7: The productivity of groups

Chapter 8: Meetings

Part THREE: Management

Chapter 9: The content of management

Chapter 10: The manager as teacher

Chapter 11: The manager as authority

Chapter 12: The management group

Part FOUR: The manager’s personality

Chapter 13: Personality and management

Chapter 14: The maturity of the manager

Chapter 15: The managers’ influence on the organization

Bibliography

Biography

Jacob Alsted, PhD, has authored a number of books and articles on organisational psychology, sociology, motivation, and the history of the state. He has worked as a consultant for more than 20 years and co-owns the consultancy company Haslund & Alsted with Ditte Haslund.

Ditte Haslund has authored a number of books and articles on organisational psychology. She has worked as a psychotherapist and consultant for more than 20 years and co-owns the consultancy company Haslund & Alsted with Jacob Alsted.