The Neurotic Organization: Diagnosing and Changing Counterproductive Styles of Management (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series)

By Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries

Book Overview

Is your organization obsessive-compulsive or passive-aggressive? Corporate neurosis expert Manfred Kets de Vries analyzes dysfunctional organizational behavior in terms of accepted psychoanalytic types and arrives at some genuine insights into why some companies are healthier than others.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875896065
• ISBN13: 9780875896069
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

They Investigate Psychological Barriers To Growth And Change --- And Detail Ways Of Overcoming Them

"The Authors: Manfred F. R. Kets De Vries is professor of organizational behavior and management policy, Faculty of Management, McGill University, and is currently visiting professor in social psychology of management, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He is also a practicing psychoanalyst. Danny Miller is associate professor of management policy and organization theory, Faculty of Management, McGill University, and at Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Montreal." "..... They also explain ways of dealing with psychological conflicts and working for positive change within organizations. Offering advice to executives at various stages in their careers, THEY INVESTIGATE PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS TO GROWTH AND CHANGE---AND DETAIL WAYS OF OVERCOMING THEM." [from the back flap]