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Book SynopsisMassive social changes have brought prosperity to many groups and nations. Technological developments continue to facilitate the transformation of our lives. More employees are working in teams connected technologically throughout the world. Many have participated in some times disconnected discussions involving managers on different continents. How we understand the dynamics of such virtual environments are challenges for workers and managers. Institutional transformation often involves a process of continuous change, which is both exciting and challenging and calls for flexbility on the part of the employees and executives.Given the speed of communication, it is often hard to think about complex issues which influence decision-making. Organizational consultants, by applying systems-theory, offer CEOs, managers and workers a space to think about and understand complex global issues. This book combines psychodynamic, small group and social systems theories in addressing consultations in various countries. The authors, from India, Australia, England and the United States, provide rich case material as well as theoretical background in explicating current consultations. It will appeal to executive coaches, organizational consultants, NGOs, specialists in finances and management, human relations and those interested in third world development.
Trade Review'The impact of globalization forces role-holders in systems, at some point in time, to reach their "limits of comprehension"...The phenomena of globalization, never before experienced by humanity, call upon insights and thoughts from imagination, the unknown, the unconscious mind and the infinite. 'Such a caesura, this book provides. A masterly introduction by Edward Klein, adumbrating the systems psycho-dynamic approach, pioneered at the Tavistock Institute, sets the tone of radical enquiry for all the chapters. The authors recognise the efficacy of psycho-analysis as a tool of cultural enquiry to yield cognisance of unconscious social processes and the non-rational for understanding the new architectonic, global order... 'This is a "must-have" book for every opinion-maker in contemporary systems and societies for its thought processes go well beyond the existing frames of knowledge and paradigms to offer a heuristic perspective for engaging with the problems, puzzles, conundrums and uncertainties that every system is bombarded with by the global phenomena.' - Gordon Lawrence, Managing Partner, Social Dreaming Ltd 'This excellent collection of inventive papers shines a bright light on the covert and overt issues arising from economic globalization and the process of continuous change in developing organizational structures. It belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in employing a systems psychodynamic perspective in a fast-changing world.' - Barbara B. Winderman, Past-President and Fellow, A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems
Table of ContentsTable of Contents: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSCONTRIBUTORS INTRODUCTION - Edward B. KleinCHAPTER ONE: Applying systems psychodynamics in an organizational consultation - Edward B. KleinCHAPTER TWO: Whose globe is it, anyway? - Rosemary Viswanath and Gouranga P. ChattopadhyayCHAPTER THREE: The dance of globalization: learning, thinking and balance - Kenwyn K. SmithCHAPTER FOUR: Coping with unpredictability and conflict: managing in a global economy - Lionel F. StapleyCHAPTER FIVE: Management's fear of market demands: a psychodynamic exploration - James Dalgleish and Susan LongCHAPTER SIX: Global identity and the superordinate task - Larry W. PenwellCHAPTER SEVEN: C'est la vie: creating a French family business to serve the global information society - Faith GabelnickCHAPTER EIGHT: The complexity of leadership: the complexity of the organizational self - Marc Maltz and Kenneth WittCHAPTER NINE: [Re]thinking leadership in a global economy - Amy L. FraherAFTERWORD - Edward B. KleinREFERENCES INDEX
