Psychodynamic Perspective of Organizational Change

• Authors: Adela Barabasz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The complex processes and phenomena that are taking place in the contemporary world require new and adequate methods of acting also in the area of management. This means the need for a fresh approach to the process of organization development and change. This paper presents the key concepts stemming from the psychoanalytic approach to organization and management. Its main aim is to discuss the major categories (concepts) derived from psychoanalytic theories, which pertain to the issues related to organizational change. Theoretical considerations are complemented by presentation of the data collected during interviews with managers from the examined organization and identification of the defence mechanisms of representatives of the organization’s management.

Keywords

EN

psychodynamic approach; organizational change; emotions; defence mechanisms

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Management
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 155-166

Dates

published

2016-05-01

online

2016-06-10

Contributors

author

Adela Barabasz

• Wrocław University Of Economics, Department Of Management Systems Design

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/manment-2015-0031