Organisational Psychology Books
Leading at All Levels: Using Systemic Ideas to Get the Most out of the Workplace
This is an innovative text which aims to make systemic ideas available to a wider market for the first time. A central theme is to get maximum benefit out of the workplace. These ideas will appeal... (more)
Death and the City: On Loss, Mourning, and Melancholia at Work
Organisational collapse is part of our vernacular. Enron, Woolworths, Lehman’s, Bank of America, Rover, BOAC, Northern Rock – these failures are part of our cultural experience of work. At a time... (more)
Work and Organizational Psychology: Second Edition
Psychologists have been fascinated by the world of work, and the changing relationship between people, technology and the workplace, since the onset of the industrial revolution. And in providing a... (more)
Gender, Power and Organization: A Psychological Perspective: Second Edition
Work organisations are a major site of gender politics for professional women and men and although there are more women in senior positions than ever before, these increased opportunities have not... (more)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.15 No.2
Contents:
Understanding Organisational Dynamics and Leadership: A Comparison of Four Perspectives
- Seth Allcorn
Group Relations as Ritual (from seduction to translation)...
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Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.15 No.1
Contents
Betraying the Citizen: Social Defences Against Innovation
- Philip Boxer
The Wisdom of the Work Group for Assessing the Future
-Elisabeth Henderson
The Oxford Handbook of Management Theorists
Concurrent with the increasing complexity of the field of management, the need to re-examine the foundations from which its theories have advanced has become ever more important and useful. The... (more)
The Psychoanalysis of Organizations: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Behaviour in Groups and Organizations
One of the most pressing needs of modern society is to understand and construct organizations that are not only effective in terms of carrying out work but that also allow and encourage people to... (more)
True Tales of Organisational Life
The context in which healthcare is delivered continues to be one of extreme organisational turbulence and increasing workload, factors that exacerbate the anxiety felt by staff about keeping... (more)
Psychopathology of Work: Clinical Observations
This book examines the processes at issue in the onset of psychiatric disorders linked to stress in the workplace. Six clinical observations are presented: an acute psychosomatic decompensation... (more)
Office Politics: How to Thrive in a World of Lying, Backstabbing and Dirty Tricks
The modern working world is a dangerous place, where game-playing, duplicity and sheer malevolence are rife. Do talent and hard work count for nothing? Is politics everything? In this fascinating... (more)
Coaching Psychology: A Practitioner's Guide
Coaching Psychology: A Practitioner's Guide takes an in-depth look at the applications and everyday challenges faced by real-world practitioners of coaching and mentoring psychology, and is ideal as... (more)
The Psychology of Coaching, Mentoring and Learning
The Psychology of Coaching, Mentoring and Learning addresses the psychological principles upon which organizational and industrial coaching and mentoring is based. The new edition of this text is... (more)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.14 No.2
Contents:
Authority Relations in Group Relations Conferences and in “Real Life” Group Relations Conferences - Danish Design I
- Ulla Charlotte Beck and Steen Visholm
Learning From Experience... (more)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.14 No.1
Contents:
Siblings and the Psychosocial
- Juliet Mitchell
What do Participants Learn at Group Relations Conferences?
- Tracy Wallach
Virtual Experiences in...
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Business Coaching International: Transforming Individuals and Organizations: Second Edition
'You simply must read this book if you are serious about being a top-notch business coach. It is an excellent guide to best practices based on clear theory, experience and business wisdom.'
- Carol... (more)
Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (Second Edition)
The Fifth Discipline draws the blueprints for an organisation where people expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nutured,... (more)
Group Dynamics and Team Interventions: Understanding and Improving Team Performance
Strong teams can be one of the greatest strengths of an organization-just as poor teams can spell disaster. Group Dynamics and Team Interventions brings research and practice together to offer... (more)
Cultural Change and Leadership in Organizations: A Practical Guide to Successful Organizational Change
Cultural Change and Leadership in Organizations discusses ways in which organizations are able to implement successful strategic change; inspirational and conceptual material is combined with... (more)
The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership: A Critical Perspective
Most research into leadership has presented leaders as heroic, charismatic and transformational 'visionaries'. The leader, whether in business, politics or any other field, is the most important... (more)
Resource-ful Consulting: Working with your Presence and Identity in Consulting to Change
Consultants and practitioners working with change can feel at a loss as to how to help their clients move forward. Organisations get stuck in routine ways even when they have innovations in mind.... (more)
Fanaticism in Psychoanalysis: Upheavals in the Institutions
'This is a scholarly study in which the author explores a difficult subject matter that has been a tabooed topic in psychoanalysis. She undertakes a serious study of the underlying arguments as to... (more)
Creating a Coaching Culture for Managers in Your Organisation
Creating a Coaching Culture for Managers in Your Organisation is for managers, leaders and coaches interested in extending the practice of coaching to achieve broader organisational outcomes. The... (more)
New Frontiers in Work and Family Research
The purpose of this volume is to showcase alternative theoretical and methodological approaches to work and family research, and present methodological alternatives to the widely known shortcomings... (more)
Thinking Through Crisis: Improving Teamwork and Leadership in High-Risk Fields
Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this strikingly original analysis of the complex dynamics of high-risk fields demonstrates that teamwork is more important than technical prowess in... (more)
Key Concepts in Leadership
Introducing, explaining and contextualizing current leadership conceptsthis book cross-references each of the entries to provide a clear definition, an explanation of historical usage and lay out... (more)
Coaching and Mentoring: A Critical Text
Coaching is often discussed as if it is a new 'profession' without adequate attention to how it has evolved, what underpins its practice or its training methods. Situating coaching in a wider social... (more)
Humanness in Organisations: A Psychodynamic Contribution
Humanness in Organizations is a unique contribution from the social sciences to the betterment of organizational life. The authors argue that working life can only become more humane when we change... (more)