Leading Contemporary Organizations Psychodynamic Perspectives on Crisis and Change
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Why do organizations fail? What hinders otherwise responsible leaders from recognizing looming disasters? What prevents well-intentioned people from responding properly to an emerging crisis? Using systems psychodynamics to analyze an array of international crises, Amy L. Fraher explores ethical challenges at Silicon Valley tech companies, the Wall Street implosions that led to the 2008 financial industry crash, and a wide range of social crises, policy failures, and natural disasters, offering a crisis management philosophy applicable in diverse settings. Rather than…
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Key features
- Provides a unique understanding of leadership by integrating theories from psychoanalysis, communication and organization studies, as well as change, crisis and disaster management
- Includes approximately forty vivid case studies and practical examples from across the world
- Inspired in part by the author's early career as an officer in the US military
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316677032
- Subjects Applied Psychology,Business and Management,Organisation Studies,Psychology
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 09 July 2020
- ISBN: 9781107162266
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.55kg
- Page extent: 343 pages
- Availability: Temporarily unavailable - no date available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 09 July 2020
- ISBN: 9781316614754
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.44kg
- Page extent: 308 pages
- Availability: In stock
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 20 May 2020
- ISBN: 9781316677032
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