Organization in the Mind

Psychoanalysis, Group Relations and Organizational Consultancy

David Armstrong, Robert French

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9780367105549
• eBook ISBN:
  9780429917073
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Organisational Development
• Index: Psychology

David Armstrong has been a leading figure internationally in the fields of organizational consultancy and group relations for many years. Robert French and Russ Vince have gathered together, for the first time, his key writings in this area. This is essential reading for managers and leaders, as well as organizational consultants, academics and students of organizations. Part of the Tavistock Clinic Series.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• EDITOR’S NOTE
• FOREWORD
• CHAPTER ONE Organization in the mind: an introduction
• CHAPTER TWO Names, thoughts, and lies: the relevance of Bion’s later writing for understanding experiences in groups
• CHAPTER THREE The “organization-in-the-mind”: reflections on the relation of psychoanalysis to work with institutions
• CHAPTER FOUR The analytic object in organizational work
• CHAPTER FIVE The recovery of meaning
• CHAPTER SIX “Psychic retreats”: the organizational relevance of a psychoanalytic formulation
• CHAPTER SEVEN Emotions in organizations: disturbance or intelligence?
• CHAPTER EIGHT Keeping on moving
• CHAPTER NINE Making present: reflections on a neglected function of leadership and its contemporary relevance
• CHAPTER TEN The work group revisited: reflections on the practice and relevance of group relations
• REFERENCES
• INDEX