The Addictive Organization - Hardcover

Schaef, Anne Wilson; Fassel, Diane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062548417 ISBN 13: 9780062548412

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1988

Synopsis

Offers hints on recognizing and correcting the symptoms of organizational addiction--denying and avoiding problems, assuming there is only one option, manipulating events to maintain the status quo

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Wilson Schaef, Ph.D., is the bestselling author of Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much, Women's Reality, and Co-Dependence, among others. Schaef specializes in work with women's issues and addictions and has developed her own approach to healing which she calls Living in Process. Her focus now is helping people, societies, and the planet make a paradigm shift.

From Library Journal:

Schaef ( When Society Becomes an Addict ) and Fassel (an organizational consultant) add a new dimension to our understanding of the institutions in which we live and work. They explain the reality of addiction, apply it to four levels of organizational behavior, and explore fully the negative effects of the active addict's and co-dependents' behavior in organizations. The authors describe how organizations act as addictive substances for employees by creating cultures of workaholism reinforced through reward structures, and how the organization itself can function as an active addict. Well written and sure to be controversial. Highly recommended for all management collections. Jane M. Kathman, Coll. of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0062548417
• ISBN 13: 9780062548412
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232