The Dynamics of Change : Tavistock Approaches to Improving Social Systems.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Tavistock Approaches to Improving Social Systems .
- Tavistock Approaches to Improving Social Systems .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR -- CHAPTER ONE Psychiatric social work and general practice -- CHAPTER TWO Counselling and psychotherapy in primary health care: key professional issues -- CHAPTER THREE Ethical issues for psychotherapists working in organisations -- PART II: GROUP RELATIONS -- CHAPTER FOUR Splits, extrusion and integration: the impact of "potential space" for group relations and sponsoring institutions -- CHAPTER FIVE Group relations conferences: reviewing and exploring theory, design, role-taking, and application -- CHAPTER SIX From groups to group relations: Bion's contribution to the Tavistock-"Leicester" conferences -- PART III: ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE CONSULTANCY -- CHAPTER SEVEN In search of the "structure that reflects": promoting organisational reflection practices in a UK health authority -- CHAPTER EIGHT Hopes, fears, and reality in a merger of two charities -- PART IV: BOARDROOM EVALUATION -- CHAPTER NINE Corruption: aberration or an inevitable part of the human condition? Insights from a "Tavistock" approach -- CHAPTER TEN Psychological and behavioural elements in board performance -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Inside the minds of the money minders: deciphering reflections on money, behaviour, and leadership in the financial crisis of 2007-2010 -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.