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Author:   Robert French (Senior Lecturer in Organization Behaviour at Bristol Business School, Senior Lecturer in Organization Behaviour at Bristol Business School, The University of the West of England) ,  Russ Vince (Professor of Organizational Learning at the Business School, Professor of Organizational Learning at the Business School, University of Glamorgan)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.568kg
ISBN:  

9780198293675

ISBN 10:   0198293674
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   01 April 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of 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

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...worthwhile reading for academics interested in organisational theory and the implications of this theory for practice. Cary Cooper, THES, 24/03/2000

Author Information

Russ Vince is Professor of Organizational Learning at the Business School, The University of Glamorgan. Robert French is Senior Lecturer in Organization Behaviour at Bristol Business School, The University of the West of England.

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