Organisational Psychology Books
Gods, Heroes and Groups: Relational Dynamics through Mythic Archetypes
Decoding group dynamics using depth psychology and mythic archetypes, the authors synthesise post-Jungian ideas about myth with modern theories of group psychology. By understanding the currents and... (more)
Group as a Whole: Learning for Leadership, Authority and Organisation
The focus of this volume is on groups. The approach taken is to study groups from the perspective of the group as a whole, which provides a totally different perspective from studying individual... (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)
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 Curiosity Drive: Our Need for Inquisitive Thinking
After eighteen frustrating months heading a specialist adolescent unit, Philip Stokoe applied for a training in consultation at the Tavistock Clinic based on the ‘Tavi’ aka ‘group relations’ model.... (more)
Leading with Depth: The Impact of Emotions and Relationships on Leadership
Leadership goes well beyond efficient management, and the significance of emotions on the success of organisations is often underestimated. In Leading With Depth: The Impact of Emotions and... (more)
The Unconscious at Work: A Tavistock Approach to Making Sense of Organizational Life: Second Edition
Why do our organizations so often seem to be less than the sum of their parts? What undermines effectiveness and morale, and gets in the way of achieving what we set out to do?
The Unconscious... (more)
Social Defences Against Anxiety: Explorations in a Paradigm
This book revisits the theory of social systems as a defence against anxiety first set out by Elliott Jaques and Isabel Menzies Lyth in papers which they published in 1955 and 1960, and which have... (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)
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)
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)
The Perverse Organisation and its Deadly Sins
There is evidence of a movement from 'a culture of narcissism' toward elements of a perverse culture. This book brings forth and examines the evidence as it reveals itself through one of the major... (more)
Organization in the Mind: Psychoanalysis, Group Relations and Organizational Consultancy
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... (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)
Containing Anxiety in Institutions: Selected Essays Volume 1
This is a controversial collection, which makes available to a wider public an important part of the research tradition of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations. The author extends her analytic... (more)
Everyday Leadership: Taking Charge in the Real World
Everyday Leadership examines how individuals in everyday, relatively small settings can succeed in leadership positions.
The book provides tools for tackling the unique psychological and... (more)
Systems Psychodynamics: Innovative Approaches to Change, Whole Systems and Complexity
In the second of this three-volume series, the authors expand on the theory and practice of systems psychodynamics – which integrates psychoanalytic thinking, open systems theory and complexity... (more)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.23 No.1
Organisational & Social Dynamics (O&SD) aims to create a deeper understanding of organisational and social processes and their effects on individuals, and to provide a forum for both theoretical and... (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)
British Psychology in Crisis: A Case Study in Organisational Dysfunction
Riven by poor governance and outright corruption, the British Psychological Society (BPS) may now be in terminal decline. Individual members have left it in despair and some groups (for example... (more)
The Collaborative Leader: The Ultimate Leadership Challenge
In The Collaborative Leader, L. Michael Hall and Ian McDermott answer key questions about leadership. What is collaboration? How does it relate to leadership? How do you do it effectively? How do you... (more)
To Be Met as a Person at Work: The Effect of Early Attachment Experiences on Work Relationships
This book provides an account of how the 'Theory of Attachment-Based Exploratory Interest Sharing' (TABEIS) and the practice of Goal Corrected Empathic Attunement (GCEA) was used in a university... (more)
Transforming Experience in Organisations: A Framework for Organisational Research and Consultancy
This book explores a theoretical model – the Transforming Experience Framework (TEF) - used to understand the complexities and ambiguities of experience within organisational life. The TEF explores... (more)
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
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)
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)
Organisational and Social Dynamics Vol.9 No.1
Contents in this issue include articles by Gilles Amado, Burkard Sievers, Mary B. McRae, Zachary Green and Bruce Irvine, Catherine Schmidt and Elisha Davar, David Lawlor and Liz Webb, Lionel Stapley... (more)
The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations
Helps managers discover how employees communicate and collaborate to get work done. This work also helps them identify ways they can influence these social networks to improve performance and... (more)
Organizations Connected: A Handbook of Systemic Consultation
In this book, each contributor describes the way they use the systemic model in their consultancy practice. Their key ideas are illustrated via a case example (or examples), where possible including... (more)
The Murder in Merger: A Systems Psychodynamic Exploration of a Corporate Merger
'While organizational practice and contemporary literature on mergers seem predominantly focused on rational economic and managerial perspectives, Jinette de Gooijer explores the shadow side of these... (more)