Organisational Psychology Books
Observing Organisations: Anxiety, Defence and Culture in Health Care
The book explores the idea that to prevent or solve problems within organisations, one needs to look not only at the conscious elements, but also to understand the unconscious aspects. It presents a... (more)
Developing Organizational Consultancy
Provides consultants with theoretical and practical advice on how to handle typical consultancy challenges. In the text, consultants from the UK and USA offer descriptions of problems they... (more)
The Personality of the Organization: A Psycho-dynamic Explanation of Culture and Change
Argues that current theories about organisational culture fail because they concentrate on simple, surface issues, and make no attempt to deal with underlying, unconscious processes. Taking concepts... (more)
The Dynamics of the Social: Selected Essays Volume 2
The author reflects on a variety of social situations from a psychoanalytical perspective, drawing from her experiences of working over a thirty-year period. It concludes with a wide-ranging survey... (more)
Professional Development for Coaching Practitioners: An Interdisciplinary Approach
This book, featuring a cast of leading coaching practitioners, presents a guide for supporting the development of coaches and coaching psychologists.
Exploring the theory and application of... (more)
Not Acceptable: An Exploration of Workplace Bullying
A well-written, easily accessible, and informative book for those who want to understand the meaning of and effects caused by bullying in the workplace. It is a useful tool for those who support... (more)
Containment, Organisations and the Working Task
With close attention to Wilfred Bion's influence on the literature about groups and organisations, this book explores how containment has been transposed from the clinical setting to enlighten the... (more)
Systems Psychodynamics: Theorist and Practitioner Voices from the Field
Through a series of in-depth interviews with Tavistock thinkers across three generations, this volume illustrates the practice and application of the systems psychodynamics paradigm to organisational... (more)
Dynamics at Boardroom Level: A Tavistock Primer for Leaders, Coaches and Consultants
How can boards and members of boards reach their full potential? The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (TIHR) has been at the forefront of thinking about organizations since its inception in... (more)
Psychodynamic Organisational Theory: Key Concepts and Case Studies
On the surface, people go to work and come home again. They sometimes manage people while most are managed themselves. But beneath the function and structures of the work itself, a whole range of... (more)
An Existential Approach to Leadership Challenges
In An Existential Approach to Leadership Challenges, Monica Hanaway progresses us forward from a brief, introductory understanding of existential thought to considering how this approach can... (more)
The Tao of Dialogue
Contemporary writers position ‘dialogue’ at the heart of change theory, but what do we mean by ‘dialogue’? The Tao of Dialogue explains through story what dialogue means, and how to leverage dialogic... (more)
Work, Vacation and Well-being: A Psychological Perspective
Based on a twenty-year research study, Work, Vacation and Well-being delves into the ubiquitous yet often-underestimated issues surrounding vacation and respite. Providing an original outlook on how... (more)
Love and Loneliness at Work: An Inspirational Guide for Consultants, Leaders and Other Professionals
Love and loneliness, in both their presence and absence, are key aspects of our lives - including our working lives.
Love and Loneliness at Work offers an accessible and practical... (more)
Global Leadership and Coaching: Flourishing Under Intense Pressure at Work
Global Leadership & Coaching: Flourishing Under Intense Pressure at Work is a unique and personal look at coaching, leading and working internationally, bringing together inspiring, original and... (more)
The Art of Dialogue in Coaching: Towards Transformative Exchange
In The Art of Dialogue in Coaching, Reinhard Stelter invites readers to engage in transformative and fruitful dialogues in everyday working life, and provides the theory and tools for them to be able... (more)
Executive Coaching: Developing Managerial Wisdom in a World of Chaos
This text was written to help organizational consultants understand the pressures and psychodynamic problems that can influence executive behaviour and performance. It shows how methods and... (more)
Leadership and Power: Identity Processes in Groups and Organizations
Leadership and associated power issues lie at the core of group life in a variety of contexts. Even the most informal of groups typically have some form of leadership in their organization, and the... (more)
Collaborative research in organizations
This Book is organized in four sections. Part I, Framing the Challenge, provides grounding in the historical context, the emergent need, and the challenges of working in the borderland between... (more)
Understanding Emotion at Work
Understanding Emotion at Work gets to the heart of what binds and breaks organizations: emotion. It explores beyond the surface of work to the rich emotional life bubbling underneath, showing what... (more)
How to Analyse Talk in Institutional Settings: A Casebook of Methods
Three approaches to analyzing institutional talk are introduced by internationally-recognized experts: Conversation Analysis, Discursive Psychology and Critical Discourse Analysis. (more)
Complex Responsive Processes in Organizations: Learning and Knowledge Creation
Over the past decade, practicing managers and organizational theorists have been drawing attention to the centrality of information and knowledge in economic and social processes, the so-called... (more)
