The Art and Science of Working Together
eBook - ePub

The Art and Science of Working Together

Practising Group Analysis in Teams and Organisations

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

The Art and Science of Working Together

Practising Group Analysis in Teams and Organisations

About this book

The Art and Science of Working Together: Practising Group Analysis in Teams and Organizations is a primary resource for anyone wishing to learn more about the complex unconscious dynamics of organizations, providing a practical guide for organizational work, a guide to how to improve things, and a strong theoretical foundation in the group analytic concept of the 'tripartite matrix'.

Group analysis is a highly developed science of group relationships, which allows complexity and systems perspectives to be held in mind alongside organizational psychology, strategic development and business wisdom. Organized into eight sections, the book describes the essence of organizational group analysis, including the art of conversation, leadership, ethical issues in team working, and working with whole organizations. It addresses issues such as 'us-and-them' dynamics, the nature of systems boundaries, and the relationship between an organization and its context.

Leaders and leading consultants give case studies, describing their thinking as they work, to illustrate the theory in action. This essential new resource will allow clinically trained practitioners to extend their scope into organizational work, and all coaches and leaders to benefit from knowledge of the group analytic discipline. It is essential reading for consultants and coaches working with teams and organizations, and for leaders within organizations.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780429594298
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Mental Health in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Index

acceptance 39, 68, 92, 125, 209, 212, 220, 223
acting out 99, 101, 164
action over distance 55
Agazarian, Y. 11, 185, 255
aggregation xviii, 38, 71, 102–103, 260
aggression 75, 175, 179, 189–190, 213, 233, 265
alternative iii, xvii, 43, 68–69, 74, 106, 112, 164, 258
ambivalence 21, 77, 133, 135, 176, 240, 244
analysis of the group by the group, including the conductor 23, 75, 160
anxiety 1, 9, 13–14, 19, 22–23, 25–26, 29, 49, 52, 65, 67, 69, 70–71, 72–74, 79–80, 91–92, 94, 106–107, 109, 114, 117, 125, 132, 135, 145, 156, 158–159, 162, 164–166, 168, 173, 175–177, 191, 198, 202, 220, 225, 231, 246, 262, 267
Argyris, C. 37, 39, 114, 143, 168, 177, 255
attachment 89, 110, 115, 219, 222, 224, 228–229, 235, 241, 259
attacks on linking 96, 100, 104, 172, 256
attention to context 1, 13, 22–24, 41–42
attention to the individual 1, 13, 18, 22–23
attractors 53, 60–64
authoritarian 67–71, 75, 108, 199, 2...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Series editor’s foreword
  8. Preface and acknowledgments
  9. List of contributors
  10. Section I Editor’s introduction: what group analysis can offer in organizational work
  11. Section II The art of conversation: complexity, the matrix, and ‘parallel process’
  12. Section III The wider organizational context
  13. Section IV Leadership, authority, and power
  14. Section V Inside the practitioner’s mind: how we frame praxis
  15. Section VI Praxis, power, and ethical issues in team working
  16. Section VII Working with whole organizations
  17. Section VIII The ending
  18. Section IX Further leads
  19. Afterword
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index