Putting the organization on the analyst's couch

Yiannis Gabriel

doi:10.1016/0263-2373(92)90030-8

Putting the organization on the analyst's couch

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In this personal view, the author highlights the extensive similarities between the role of the consultant and that of the psychoanalyst. Organizations, he argues, like individuals, can become neurotic by espousing corporate fantasies which, instead of offering relief, aggravate corporate malaise. Rational recipes for organizational recovery then become ineffective unless they are supported by a programme aimed at strengthening the organization's will to recover.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	348-351
Number of pages	4
Journal	European Management Journal
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0263-2373(92)90030-8
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 1992

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