Organisational Dysfunctions

Course overview

A catalogue of organisational dysfunctions explained through Open Systems Theory. For everyone who has felt the friction of broken structures but lacked the language for it.

5 parts
18 chapters
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Part 1

Foreword by Merrelyn Emery3 chapters

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  1. Foreword by Merrelyn Emery

  2. Foreword by Alexandra Stokes

  3. Preface

Part 2

What the Structure Does4 chapters

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  1. In the Room

  2. In the Team

  3. In the Department

  4. In the Organisation

Part 3

Intermezzo2 chapters

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  1. Objections

  2. Perspectives

Part 4

What the Open System Does1 chapters

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  1. Beyond the Walls

Part 5

The Way Out8 chapters

Begin part
  1. The Two-Stage Model

  2. The Democratic Methods

  3. Epilogue: The Diagnosis

  4. Glossary

  5. References

  6. Changelog

  7. Acknowledgements

  8. About the Author