Taking Positions in the Organization

by Campbell, David; Groenbaek, Marianne; Harre, Rom

• ISBN13: 9781855753846
• ISBN10: 1855753847
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Karnac Books

Summary

This volume provides a positive and productive model for helping people move out of static positions or difficult relationships in the workplace. Informed by systemic thinking and social constructionism, the authors discuss how it is possible to create realities through dialogue and to enable greater opportunities for the employee, manager and consultant alike. Taking Positions in the Organization uses a model of semantic polarities to create simple solutions to complex problems in a format that will inform and enthuse all its readers. Written by a well-established clinical psychologist, who works as a trainer and clinician for the National Health Service at the Tavistock Clinic in London, and also as a freelance consultant to teams and small organizations, and by an organizational consultant with a background in family therapy and management.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Foreword	vii
About the Authors	ix
Foreword	xi
Rom Harre
Introduction	1	(12)
Ideas that underpin the model	13	(20)
Putting the model into practice	33	(10)
Filling in the model	43	(18)
Case studies with a primary focus on management	61	(28)
Case studies with a primary focus on staff relations	89	(22)
Exercises	111	(14)
Being a consultant	125	(10)
The client's voice	135	(18)
Justine Gronbøk Pors
Glossary of Terms	153	(2)
References	155	(4)
Index	159