Socioanalytic Methods

Susan Long supervises research students and conducts organisational research at a variety of universities including INSEAD in Singapore, MEICAT, University of Melbourne, University of Divinity in Melbourne and Crossfields. As an organisational consultant in private practice she works with organisational change, executive coaching, board development, role analysis, team development and management training. She originally trained as a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. Her experience of working with people as individuals and in groups and organisations gives her a broad perspective on management practices. Susan's capacity as a teacher and organizational consultant/ researcher has led her to be invited onto the boards of prestigious organizations and elected onto the committees of professional bodies. She is a Faculty Member in the Grubb School of Organisational Analysis. She is a member of the Board of the Judicial College of Victoria and of Comcare's advisory board for the Center of Excellence for Research into Mental Health at Work. She was the founding President of Group Relations Australia and a past president of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organisations. Her participative action research has attracted grants through the Australian research Council and industry. She has published six books and many journal articles.

Introduction: Socioanalytic methodology , Background , The associative unconscious , Work culture analysis and reflective space , Methods , Observing anxiety: a psychoanalytic training method for understanding organisations , The use of drawing as a tool in socioanalytic exploration , Socioanalytic interviewing , Social dreaming , Thinking organisations through photographs: the social photo-matrix as a method for understanding organisations in depth , Social dream-drawing: “Drawing brings the inside out” , OPUS Listening Posts: researching society , Organisational role analysis , Role biography, role history, and the reflection group , Diagnosing organisational work cultures: a socioanalytic approach , Group relations conferences , Socioanalytic dialogue , Wonder and socioanalysis , Using and creating socioanalytic methods