Nothing personal, just business : a guided journey into organizational darkness / Howard F. Stein.

Through vignettes and case studies, this work demonstrates how brutal business practices have become. It shows the importance of psychodynamic mechanisms (especially counter-transference) in understanding and healing dysfunctional business, medical, and educational organizations.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Access E-Book
Access Note:Access to electronic resources restricted to Simmons University students, faculty and staff.
Access limited to one user at a time.
Main Author: Stein, Howard F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2001.
Subjects:
LEADER 03686cam a2200565Ma 4500
001 b1291251
003 CaEvIII
006 m o d
007 cr cn|||||||||
008 011015s2001 ctum ob x001 0 eng d
005 20231003141226.6
019 |a 55141640  |a 232160937  |a 488802880  |a 533380398  |a 614572538  |a 646706095  |a 722104007  |a 888705118  |a 961564002  |a 961610413  |a 962630438  |a 962702728 
020 |a 058538469X  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9780585384696  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 031300255X  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9780313002557  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |z 1567204422  |q (alk. paper) 
035 |a (OCoLC)49414997  |z (OCoLC)55141640  |z (OCoLC)232160937  |z (OCoLC)488802880  |z (OCoLC)533380398  |z (OCoLC)614572538  |z (OCoLC)646706095  |z (OCoLC)722104007  |z (OCoLC)888705118  |z (OCoLC)961564002  |z (OCoLC)961610413  |z (OCoLC)962630438  |z (OCoLC)962702728 
037 |b Greenwood eBooks  |n http://www.ebooks.greenwood.com/about.asp 
040 |a N$T  |b eng  |e pn  |c N$T  |d OCLCQ  |d YDXCP  |d OCLCQ  |d TUU  |d OCLCQ  |d ZCU  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCF  |d OCLCQ  |d ADU  |d E7B  |d LUCPP  |d BTCTA  |d IDEBK  |d IOD  |d DKDLA  |d QT5  |d MHW  |d NLGGC  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d AZK  |d CNNLC  |d OCLCQ  |d MWM  |d COCUF  |d AGLDB  |d CNNOR  |d MOR  |d PLS  |d PIFBR  |d OCLCQ  |d SAV  |d UtOrBLW 
043 |a n-us--- 
049 |a SCLL 
050 4 |a HD58.7 .S744 2001eb 
072 7 |a PSY  |x 021000  |2 bisacsh 
100 1 |a Stein, Howard F.  |0 n 80072555  
245 1 0 |a Nothing personal, just business :  |b a guided journey into organizational darkness /  |c Howard F. Stein. 
264 1 |a Westport, Conn. :  |b Quorum Books,  |c 2001. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xxv, 166 pages) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
347 |a data file  |2 rda 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction: "Don't take it personally, it's just business" -- Countertransference as tool in organizational theory: the "use" of self to understand workplace violence -- Downsizing, managed care, and the potlatching of the workplace: a study in cultural brutality and its mystification -- The Holocaust as trope for managed social change -- Ordinary brutality at work -- "How long can we circle the wagons?": a study in the sense of doom at work -- Rupture and reconciliation: a case study. 
506 |a Access to electronic resources restricted to Simmons University students, faculty and staff. 
506 |a Access limited to one user at a time. 
520 |a Through vignettes and case studies, this work demonstrates how brutal business practices have become. It shows the importance of psychodynamic mechanisms (especially counter-transference) in understanding and healing dysfunctional business, medical, and educational organizations. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
650 0 |a Organizational behavior  |z United States.  |0 sh2010104561 
650 0 |a Violence in the workplace  |z United States.  |0 sh 93009549  
650 0 |a Job stress  |z United States.  |0 sh 85070588  
650 0 |a Work environment  |z United States.  |0 sh2010119316 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Stein, Howard F.  |t Nothing personal, just business.  |d Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2001  |z 1567204422  |w (DLC) 00051760  |w (OCoLC)45243276 
856 4 0 |3 EBSCOhost  |u https://ezproxy.simmons.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=62654  |y Access E-Book 
907 |a .b12912517  |b 031117  |c 200605 
913 |a - 
994 |a 92  |b SCL 
998 |a elere  |b 160413  |c m  |d x  |e -  |f eng  |g ctu  |h 0 
999 f f |i 7786d7b6-a997-11ea-8da7-1466fadbd8b9  |s 38aa3309-98df-4f1c-827f-23bfd91cb89f 
852 |b Online Resources  |h HD58.7 .S744 2001eb  |0 ac0046a2-a99d-11ea-b550-3a67fadbd8b9