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The basic premise of Organizational Paradoxes is as relevant today as when it was first published fourteen years ago - to help individuals in organizations make sense of the things happening around them and within them. The themes of power, paranoia, work disorders, leadership and followership, alienation, folie a deux, and the vicissitudes of the career life cycle remain central concerns. Presented in the form of case vignettes of people in boundary situations or coping with major life changes, Kets de Vries illustrates the various strata of working life.
Organizational Paradoxes takes the reader on a journey into the individual's personal 'underworld'. Its primary objective remains to help the reader understand the inner theatre of leaders and followers. It looks at the deep structure of the executive's world, and tries to extricate some of the wishes, fears and anxieties prevalent in the world of organizations. This is not, however, a 'quick-fix' solution for the executive keen to improve his working life. By urging the reader to practise the self-observation that leads to self-understanding, Kets de Vries reveals that this is an essential quality of leadership.
Organizational Paradoxes takes the reader on a journey into the individual's personal 'underworld'. Its primary objective remains to help the reader understand the inner theatre of leaders and followers. It looks at the deep structure of the executive's world, and tries to extricate some of the wishes, fears and anxieties prevalent in the world of organizations. This is not, however, a 'quick-fix' solution for the executive keen to improve his working life. By urging the reader to practise the self-observation that leads to self-understanding, Kets de Vries reveals that this is an essential quality of leadership.
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Professor Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries is a practising psychoanalyst and clinical professor of management and leadership at the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD) in Fontainebleau, France.
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1. Introduction 2. The oblomov threat 3. The organization of emptiness 4. Power and helplessness 5. An alternative view of power 6. Leadership and paranoia 7. Folie a deux 8. The entrepreneurial personality 9. The mid-career crisis: a renewed search for identity 10. Is there life at retirement? 11. Metamorphosis
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0415110726
- ISBN 13 9780415110723
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages211
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