Private Selves in Public Organizations

MICHAEL A. DIAMOND is Professor of Public Affairs, Associate Director for Academic Programs, and Director of the Center for the Study of Organizational Change at the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri. He is a founding member and past-president of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations. SETH ALLCORN is Vice President for Business and Finance at the University of New England. He is a founding member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations.

Dedication Introduction PART I: LAYERS OF EXPERIENCE Boundaries and Surfaces Silo Mentality Organizational Change and the Analytic Third Organizations as Defective Containers PART II: MORAL VIOLENCE Chaos and Complexity Shame, Oppression and Persecution PART III: SHARED EMOTIONS: TRANSFERENCE AND COUNTER-TRANSFERENCE Perversions of Democracy Immersion and Diagnosis Conclusion: Human Nature and Organizational Silos Bibliography