The Dysfunctional Workplace
Theory, Stories, and Practice
Will be published approx. on 15. January 2016
Book
Hardback
277 pages
978-0-8262-2065-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores an aspect of organizational life that is at times difficult to acknowledge and often painful to recall. Stories invite reflection and the development of greater understanding of organizational dynamics. This fresh scholarship provides a theoretical framework for discussion.
Throughout this book, Allcorn and Steinutilize a psychoanalytically informed perspective to help readers understand why a leader, colleague, or friend behaves in ways that are destructive to others and the organization and provide a basis for organizations to survive and thrive in a dysfunctional workplace.
Throughout this book, Allcorn and Steinutilize a psychoanalytically informed perspective to help readers understand why a leader, colleague, or friend behaves in ways that are destructive to others and the organization and provide a basis for organizations to survive and thrive in a dysfunctional workplace.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Missouri
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
511 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8262-2065-3 (9780826220653)
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Seth Allcorn is the former Vice President for Business and Finance at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, USA. He has served as a financial and administrative Assistant Dean at the Texas Tech School of Medicine and Associate Dean for the Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola-Chicago. He is currently Professor of Professional Practice and Associate of the Center for the Study of Organizational Change, Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri, USA.
Howard F. Stein is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA where he taught from 1978-2012. Dr. Stein is also a Research Associate of the Center for the Study of Organizational Change at the University of Missouri.
Howard F. Stein is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA where he taught from 1978-2012. Dr. Stein is also a Research Associate of the Center for the Study of Organizational Change at the University of Missouri.