| Description |
xx, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
On the couch with Manfred Kets de Vries |
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Kets de Vries, Manfred F. R.
On the couch with Manfred Kets de Vries.
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| Contents |
Folie à Deux: Acting Out Your Superior's Fantasies -- Group Dynamics -- High Performance Teams: Lessons From the Pygmies -- The Question of Organizational Culture -- Personality, Culture and Organizations -- The Downside of Downsizing -- Beyond the Quick Fix: The Psychodynamics of Organizational Transformation and Change -- The Dynamics of Family Controlled Firms -- Leadership Coaching for Organizational Transformation -- Can Leaders Change? Yes, but Only if They Want To -- The Many Colors of Success: What Do Executives Want Out of Life? -- Coaching to Stardom: How to Identify and Develop Top Performers -- Conclusion: Creating Authentizotic Organizations |
| Summary |
In this series Manfred Kets de Vries-failed engineer, entrepreneur manquT, reluctant economist, international management guru, psychoanalyst, professor of leadership, wit, and outdoorsmanùoffers an overview of his work spanning four decades, a period in which he has established himself as the leading figure in the clinical study of leadership and organizations. -- |
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At a key point in his career, working as he puts it, "in the twilight zone of economics, management, and psychoanalysis," he decided to strike out on a little-trodden path and "bring the person back into the organization." Today Kets de Vries occupies a unique position in the academic business world, putting leaders and companies on the couch and working at the often intimate interface between the inner theater of the individual and the outer world of the organization. -- |
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The third book in this series, Reflections on Groups and Organizations, broadens Kets de Vries's canvas and examines concepts of organizational health, performance, and change. Material ranges from studies of high-performance teamsùbased on time the author spent with the pygmies of central Africaùto the study of organizational stars, to the use of coaching interventions to improve personal and organizational functioning. -- |
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Reflections on Groups and Organizations looks at the interpersonal and group processes that determine how organizations work within specific contexts, including family firms. It includes studies on dysfunctional leader-follower relationships, downsizing, and organizational transformation. Kets de Vries introduces his concept of the authentizotic organizationùa creative, healthy, well-functioning workplace that offers fun and meaning to its members. --Book Jacket |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Teams in the workplace.
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Psychology, Industrial.
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Organizational change -- Psychological aspects.
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| ISBN |
9780470742471 cased |
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047074247X cased |
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