Workplace Intelligence

Unconscious Forces and How to Manage Them
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-22559-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 154 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 203 g

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 concepts, showing how our emotions and early experiences inform the roles we play at work, as well as how we react to other people. It encourages close observation and reflection and utilization of this knowledge for managing ourselves and others fruitfully. It also provides managers with the methods to intervene and tackle these issues, elaborating on topics from leadership and group dynamics to meetings and work-life balance.

The book will be a fascinating read for those in leadership roles, organizational consultants, executive coaches, students of occupational psychology, as well as anyone interested in understanding workplace dynamics in general.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Obholzer, Anton

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1; Introduction 1: The terminology used; 2: The structure of this book; 3: On observation; 4: Your picture of the world and how it affects your work and personal life; 5: On beginnings; 6: On transference; 7: On joining a ‘new’ organisation; 8: On anxiety in the workplace; 9: Personal manifestations of anxiety; 10: Work manifestations of anxiety; Part 2; 11: On change and resistance to change; 12: On institutional functioning; 13: The workforce and its make up; 14: The concept of the primary task of the organization; 15: On the innate dynamics of groups; 16: On leadership and followership; 17: Risks inherent in the leadership role; Part 3; 18: The use of self in one’s work life; 19: On listening; 20: On the use of language; 21: On work-life balance; 22: On stress; 23: Tackling below the surface issues; 24: Matters of technique; Part 4; 25: Institutions and their management; 26: Commerce and its taboos; 27: Some thoughts on business schools; 28: The board, the CEO and the management; 29: On meetings and their management; 30: Practical issues affecting meetings; Part 5; 31: On consultancy – benefits and risks; 32: The Consultant role; 33: Coaching – sin bin or learning opportunity; 34: Mentoring; 35: 360 degree feedback; 36: Counselling, therapy and psychoanalysis; 37: Away days; 38: Open space events; 39: In-house staff support systems; 40: Other support structures; Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Anton Obholzer is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who, through his role as Chief Executive of the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust, became interested in applying his professional knowledge to workplaces. He has been influential in developing alternative management courses and has taught throughout Europe on business programmes as well as other extensive coaching and consulting.