Organisational Psychology Books
Executive Coaching
A collection of papers by well-known contemporary writers that describe their own models of coaching and their thoughts on the theoretical roots that underpin their thinking and coaching practice. (more)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.20 No.1
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– Group relations, innovation, and the production of nostalgia by Carlos Sapochnik
DOI 10.33212/osd.v20n1.2020.1
– Space lost, space found—a psychodynamic perspective... (more)
Psychodynamic Coaching and Supervision for Executives: An Entrepreneur and a Psychoanalyst in Dialogue
Thomas Kretschmar and Andreas Hamburger provide an important overview of psychodynamic work in companies, presenting different viewpoints and explaining key psychoanalytic terms and techniques for... (more)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.20 No.2
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– A historical analysis of “our leader”: a university ten-year study on emotion in executive succession—Part I by Gry Osnes
DOI 10.33212/osd.v20n2.2020.135
– A... (more)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.21 No.2
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– “Why do I have to do this?”: institutions, integrity, and citizenship by Edward R. Shapiro
DOI 10.33212/osd.v21n2.2021.197
– Contributions of psychogeography to... (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)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.17 No.1
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A Tribute to Lionel Stapley
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– Changing Social Defence Systems: Narratives of UK General Practice by Jennifer Napier
– Opinion Blocks: Some Dynamics of Collective... (more)
The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame
In The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame, authors Clive Hazell and Mark Kiel attempt to expand the heuristic, theoretical, and applied dimensions of Group Relations... (more)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.18 No.1
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– Parallel Process in the Nonprofit Sector by Jennifer Jones
– Real Work, Revisited Renewing the Psychoanalytic Study of Work by Nathan Gerard
– Beyond BART (Boundaries,... (more)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.17 No.2
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VOLUME 17 NUMBER 2
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– Group, Relations, Unrepresented by Carlos Sapochnik
– Where’s Daddy? Integrating the Paternal and Maternal Stance to Deliver Non-authoritarian... (more)
Social Dreaming: Philosophy, Research, Theory and Practice
The idea of social dreaming argues that dreams are relevant to the wider social sphere and have a collective resonance that goes beyond the personal narrative.
In this fascinating collection,... (more)
All That We Are: Uncovering the Hidden Truths Behind Our Behaviour at Work
Longlisted for the 2022 CMI Management Book of the Year Award
Who do you bring with you to work?
Try as we might, we cannot leave part of ourselves under the pillow with our pyjamas when we... (more)
The Art and Science of Working Together: Practising Group Analysis in Teams and Organisations
The Art and Science of Working Together: Practising Group Analysis in Teams and Organisations is a primary resource for anyone wishing to learn more about the complex unconscious dynamics of... (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)
Experiential Learning in Organizations: Applications of the Tavistock Group Relations Approach
This is an authoritative sourcebook on a major strand of Group Relations Theory - "learning from experience". This approach was developed jointly from psychoanalytic and open systems theories,... (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)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.18 No.2
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– Research into Learning at the Leicester Conference by Dione Hills
– Group Relations Conferences (what do staff want?) by Carlos Sapochnik
– Understanding the... (more)
Workplace Intelligence: Unconscious Forces and How to Manage Them
Workplace Intelligence provides a range of insights into the unconscious processes at play in the workplace and an introduction to a balanced approach to organizations.
The book explores key... (more)
Organisations, Anxiety and Defence: Towards a Psychoanalytic Social Psychology
Psychoanalysis has been applied to the understanding of social groups, organisations and cultures for a very long time, and there have been many different approaches. This book brings together the... (more)
An Introduction to the Psychodynamics of Workplace Bullying
This book gives in-depth insights into the core issues of workplace bullying from the perspectives of the individuals involved, their interpersonal relationships, the group dynamics and... (more)
Socioanalytic Methods: Discovering the Hidden in Organisations and Social Systems
Socioanalysis is the study of groups, organisations, and society using a systems psychoanalytic framework: looking beneath the surface (and the obvious) to see the underlying dynamics and how these... (more)
Managing Vulnerability: The Underlying Dynamics of Systems of Care
Clinicians, managers and researchers - as well as politicians and religious leaders - are worrying about a lack of compassion and humanity in the care of vulnerable people in society.
In this book... (more)
The Darker Side of Leadership: Pythons Devouring Crocodiles
Manfred Kets de Vries is one of the most authoritative voices on organizational dynamics, leadership, executive coaching, and psychotherapy today. In all his roles, he has noticed that questions are... (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)