Bernd Huppertz is an organizational consultant and coach for organizations, families, individuals, and their advisors in private practice.

• Foreword by James KrantzAcknowledgmentsIntroductionby Bernd HuppertzPart I: The Organization: Its Part in the Tension Field of Psychic LifeChapter 1 – Everyday Life in Organizations (by Bernd Huppertz)Chapter 2 – Certain Elements of the Organization (by Bernd Huppertz)Part II: The Organization as a Field of Emotional Experiences Chapter 3 – Organization and Organizing from Structure to Flux (by Antonio Sama)Chapter 4 – Hierarchy and Leadership (by Anton Obholzer)Chapter 5 – The Objective and the Subjective Sides of Organizations (by Leslie B. Brissett)Part III: The Individual Unconscious and the Group UnconsciousChapter 6 – Unconscious Anxieties in Organizations (by R. D. Hinshelwood)Chapter 7 – The Individual Unconscious (by R. D. Hinshelwood)Chapter 8 – The Group Unconscious and Group Relations (by Susan Long)Part IV: Regular and Irregular Psychological Processes and Their Influence on Daily Work Functions Chapter 9 – Members of the Organization: Their Relations, Functions, and the Systems Psychodynamic Framework: Boundary, Authority, Role, and Task (by David Lawlor and Mannie Sher)Chapter 10 – The Social Psychology of Organizations: Systems and Systems Psychodynamic (by Mannie Sher and David Lawlor)Part V: The EnvironmentChapter 11 – The Organization in Its Environment: Open Systems and Social Ecology and Complexity (by David Lawlor and Mannie Sher)Part VI: Some Specific Concepts of the Psychology of OrganizationsChapter 12 – Psychological Background: Theories as They Relate to Organizations with Special Reference to the Socio-Technical System (by Mannie Sher and David Lawlor)Chapter 13 – The Organization in the Mind (by David Armstrong)Part VII: Summary and OutlookChapter 14 – Organizations and Workplace Issues in the Context of Social Sciences and Social Psychology: Summary and Outlook (by Bernd Huppertz)Appendices—The Long Journey in the Development of Work, Organizations, and Their Workplaces Appendix A – A Short History of The Long Journey of the Early Organization of Activities Providing Self-Sufficiency, Work, Exchange, and Trade (Over 2.5 Million Years) (by Bernd Huppertz)Appendix B – The Short History of Work and Organizations and Its Workplaces: The Development of Organizations during the Modern Age up to the Present (Over More than Two Hundred Years) (by Bernd Huppertz)IndexList of Contributors

Sigmund Freud once said, “were we fully to understand the reasons for other people's behavior, it would all make sense.” People interested in the psychodynamics of organizational life, who are prepared to go beyond the more well-trodden paths, would be wise to read this book. By doing so, the reader will acquire deep insights into the psychic life of organizations.