Emotional dimensions of organisations
The papers by Baum, Hirschhorn and Yiannis (see e-reserve) and also Dunning, James. & Jones (2005) [referred to above and available via Multisearch] use some terms which may be not be familiar, including 'social defenses against anxiety'; 'splitting', 'introjection' and 'projection'; 'boundaries'; 'reparation'; 'basic assumption group'; 'organisational paranoia'; 'obsessive-compulsiveness' and 'oedipal anxieties'.
(a) Reflect on possible examples of a sample of these phenomena (or others mentioned in the readings on emotion) in your organisation. [I say 'possible examples' because such a discussion can only be speculative--it is difficult to be too definite about this area. All you're asked to do here is to reflect on the meaning of such terms and on the possibility that organisational phenomena you've observed may relate to emotional dynamics such as those listed.]
(b) What do you see as the merits and limitations of taking concepts like these (many of which have evolved from individual psychology) and applying them to groups and organisations?
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