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WORKING BELOW THE SURFACE: THE EMOTIONAL LIFE OF CONTEMPORARY ORGANISATIONS

Edited by Clare Huffington et al,

Karnac,

ISBN 1855752948 , £18.99

Star Rating: 5/5

By combining psychoanalysis and group dynamics, the Tavistock Consultancy Service works "below the surface" with their many clients. This fascinating book tells us how they go about it, writes John Burton.

In many social care workplaces, the pace of change is fast. But before launching your latest "strategy", try a little clear out and work below the surface - the analysis and understanding will be worth the hard work.

I particularly recommend Linda Hoyle's chapter: From Sycophant to Saboteur - Responses to Organisational Change (ring a bell?); and Andrew Cooper and Tim Dartington's: The Vanishing Organisation. The whole book is packed with insight, interest and wisdom. What more could you ask for? Yes, I know, time to read it.

John Burton is a social care consultant.