The family business on the couch
Subtitle: a psychodynamic-systems perspective
By: Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries and Randel S. Carlock with Elizabeth Florent-Treacy.
Contributors: Carlock, Randel S., 1948-; Florent-Treacy, Elizabeth, 1960-
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicester, West Sussex, England
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470516713
Subjects: Family-owned business enterprises -- Psychological aspects; Family-owned business enterprises -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Questions and observations; title: Introduction; title: A psychological perspective on business families; title: Psychodynamic and family systemic perspectives; title: Key ideas from the psychodynamic approach; title: The role of transference and countertransference; title: The family systemic perspective; title: A therapeutic alliance; title: A summing-up; title: The challenges of love and work; title: Conflicting goals in the family business; title: The tree-circles model; title: How conflict can develop; title: Family business practices: assessing strengths and weaknesses; title: The interface of business and family practices; title: Assessing the health of a family business; title: Reflection and learning; title: The life cycle as an organizing construct; title: The multiple life cycles of the family business; title: Key models of human psychological development; title: The family life cycle; title: Carter and McGoldrick's family-based life cycle model; title: Applying the life cycle in family businesses; title: Narcissism, envy, and myths in family firms; title: Personality types; title: Managerial implications of dysfunctional narcissism; title: The importance of individuation; title: The family firm as transitional object; title: The power of envy; title: Games families play: the role of family myths; title: The impact of family myths on the family business; title: Summary; title: The entrepreneur: alone at the top; title: Common personality characteristics of founder-entrepreneurs; title: Larry Ellison and Oracle; title: Deciphering the inner theater of the entrepreneur; title: Common defensive structures in founder-entrepreneurs; title: Maintaining the balance; title: Leadership transition: replacing a parent as CEO; title: Options for tackling the succession problem; title: The inheritance; title: Psychological pressures on new leaders; title: Staying on course; title: A systemic view of the business family; title: A two-way relationship; title: The evolution of systems theory; title: The development of family-systems theory; title: The family-systems proposition; title: Family scripts and rules; title: Family scripts in the family business; title: A practical example of family systems thinking; title: Diagnosing family entanglements; title: The family genogram; title: The circumplex model of marriage and family systems; title: Differentiation of self from family of origin; title: The family stories; title: Integration and action; title: Addressing transitions and change; title: Lewin's ideas on change; title: Kets de Vries' model of individual change; title: Major themes in the individual journey towards change; title: The process of change within organizations; title: The change process in families; title: Family-focus or organization-focus?; title: The vicissitudes of family business; title: The Steinbergs: a study in self-destruction; title: The immigrant dream; title: The mother's son; title: The entrepreneur's son; title: Sam as a family leader; title: The entrepreneur's dilemma: passing the baton; title: The next generation; title: Irving Ludmer: play it again, Sam; title: A family systems perspective on the Steinbergs; title: The effects of Sam Steinberg's inner world on the family business; title: The inner theatre of Sam's daughters; title: What if?; title: Putting family business intervention into practice; title: The family action research process; title: The succession conundrum; title: The role of the outside adviser; title: Advice to families seeking help; title: The benefits pf a psychodynamic-systems perspective.