The Psychodynamics of Enlightened Leadership : Coping with Chaos /

This open access book provides a comprehensive look at the pluses and minuses of leadership in times of an unparalleled crisis, such as the COVID-19 global pandemic. It examines the COVID-19 crisis in terms of psychodynamics, crisis management, and especially from the standpoint of complex, messy sy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Mitroff, Ian I. (Author), Kilmann, Ralph H. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:	1st ed. 2021.
Series:	Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership,
Subjects:	Leadership. Industrial psychology. Industries. Business Strategy/Leadership. Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Wrestling with The Inner Demons of Contemporary Life: A Brief Overview of Psychoanalytic Thought
Chapter 2. Crises: A Major Systems Problem
Chapter 3. Wicked Messes: The Ultimate Challenge to Reality. Chapter 4. Inquiry Systems: How Do We Know What We Need to Know?- Chapter 5. Inquiry Systems as Coping Mechanisms
Chapter 6. The Coronavirus, A Jungian Analysis
Chapter 7. Assumptional Analysis
Chapter 8. Heuristics and Meta-Heuristics for Coping with Messes
Chapter 9. Changing the Culture of Policing: A Moral Imperative!
Chapter 10. The Choice Is Between Mental Health and Mental Illness
Chapter 11. Enlightened Leadership for Coping with Chaos.