Group Relations, Management, and Organization

For postgraduate students of management, organizational psychology, and group relations; Trainers, managers, organizational consultants, and human resources (HR ) managers; Group workers and voluntary sector managers.

Contents

Introduction
Learning, Managing, and Organizing: The continuing
contribution of group relations to management and organization
Theorising Practice in Group Relations
Grouping
A Mind for Business
Systems Psychodynamics in Service of Political
Organizational Change
A Political Visionary in Mid-Life: Notes on leadership and the life cycle
Managing the Unconscious at Work
Dependency, Alienation, or Partnership? The changing relatedness of the individual to the enterprise
A Fresh Look at Authority and Organization: Towards a spiritual approach to managing illusion
On Being Frozen in Time
Practising Theory in Group Relations
The Recovery of Meaning
From Envy to Desire: Witnessing the transformation
In the Nick of Time: Reactivating an organization through leader-initiated interactions with members of staff
Mental Health Under Fire: Organizational intervention in a wounded service
The Inner Drama of Role Taking in an Organization
Isolation, Autonomy, and Interdependence in Organizational Life
Team as a Sponge: How the nature of the task affects the behaviour and mental life of a team
After the Conference is Over
Bibliography