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List of contents
New International Library of Group Analysis Foreword , Introduction , Experiential and Intuitive Knowledge , Group analysis in organisations: what it takes , The Group Dynamics of Top-Down Change , Introduction , Oedipal and sibling dynamics in changing organisations , Power and play: a story of denigration and idealisation , The Use and Nature of the Large Analytic Groups , Introduction , The large analytic group and its conductor , Support and Development for Health Professionals , Introduction , Beyond Balint: working with general practitioners , “Patrix” and matrix: a generative pairing , Rethinking Organisational Leadership and Development , Introduction , Leaders and groups in traumatising organisations , A paradigm shift in organisational development , Ending , Conclusion: dealing with permanent transition
About the author
Gerhard Wilke is an Associate of Ashridge Business School and an independent organisational consultant. His consultancy work with client organisations is rooted in practical anthropological inquiry and in group analysis. Gerhard is a member of the Institute of Group Analysis, London; Group Analytic Society International and a Fellow of the International Association for Group Psychotherapy. He works with the Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary of the state government of Saxony in Germany and the National Institute for Health Research to develop the leadership skills of the Bio-Medical Research Community in England.
Summary
The current world of organizations is full of beginnings and incomplete endings. The author assumes that the endless re-structuring of living networks of relationships in organizations generates, over time, post-traumatic stress disorder in individuals, groups and the whole system.
