Points of Influence: A Guide to Using Personality Theory at Work / Edition 1

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Overview

With capsule introductions to key theorists including Freud, Jung, and Skinner, Morley Segal shows how personalities theories can help managers gain a better understanding of human behavior'and by applying these theories to the workplace, how they can influence behavior, increase their own personal self-awareness, and expand their managerial skills.Using rich example from a wide range of settings'including government, sales, technology, and manufacturing? Points of Influence fills an important niche in management theory.

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"Those of us who work on organization change have a wealth of resources to understand the group and system levels of the organization. With Points of Influence, Morley Segal gives us the critical third piece—a comprehensive review of personality theory against the backdrop of organization practice. Finally, there is a practical guide to the individual level of our work. It is an invaluable addition to our understanding of organization change." —June Delano, director, organization change & development, Eastman Kodak Company
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780787902605
  • Publisher: Wiley
  • Publication date: 10/28/1996
  • Series: The Jossey-Bass Business and Management Series
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 432
  • Product dimensions: 6.14 (w) x 9.21 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

MORLEY SEGAL is co-founder of the American University/NTL Masters Progam in Organization Development and a professor in the School of Public Affairs at the American University in Washington, D.C.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Understanding and Affecting Behavior in the Workplace
Part One: The Internal Being: Points of Influence Beyond Our Awareness
1. Sigmund Freud: The Internal Conflict Between Instinct and Civilization
2. Carl Jung: The Collective Unconscious, Archetypes, and Psychological Types
3. Karen Horney: The Social Unconscious and the Conflict of Self-Images
Part Two: Thought and Feeling: Points of Influence Within Our Awareness
4. Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck: The Power of Thought and Belief
5. Carl Rogers: The Power of Feelings
Part Three: The Individual and the Environment: External Points of Influence
6. B.F. Skinner: The Influence of Environment on Behavior
7. Kurt Lewin: Individual Perception and the Environment
8. Fritz and Laura Perls: The Gestalt of Experience and Behavior
9. Murray Bowen: Emotional Systems
Conclusion: Using Personality Theory: Understanding Behavior, Taking Effective Action, and Increasing Personal Awareness

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