61st Annual Conference

Session P 212

The Broken Organization: After Trauma

Chair:              

Kenneth Eisold, Ph.D., President, International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, New York, New York

This opening session of the protocol track on shattered organizations will present an overview of the impact of catastrophic trauma on organizational behavior.

Course References:

1. Menzies, I. (1967). The Functioning of Social Systems as a Defense Against Anxiety. Tavistock

    Pamphlet, 3.
2. Miller, E. & Rice, A. (1967). Systems of Organization. London: Tavistock Publications.
3. Alderfer, C. (1987). An Intergroup Perspective on Group Dynamics. Handbook of Organizational

   Behavior, Lorsch, ed., (Harvard Business School), Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs.