IPTAR: L.J.Gould Center for Systems-Psychoanalytic Studies Monthly Systems-Psychoanalytic Case Conference
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:30AM to 1PM
Michael Diamond, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Organization Studies – University of Missouri Discovering Organizational Identity: An Application of Object Relations and Intersubjectivity
Author: Discovering Organizational Identity: Dynamics of Relational Attachment (2017)
LOCATION: IPTAR Conference Room 1651 Third Ave–Suite 205, bet E 92nd & 93rd Streets (Subways: 4/5 to 86th St. or 6 to 96th St.)
CE Credits Available
Developed from over 35 years of organizational research and consultation from a psychoanalytic lens inside public, private, and nonprofit organizations, the idea of discovering organizational identity is introduced, discussed, and illustrated with several case vignettes. Key concepts and applications from contemporary object relations and relational psychoanalysis will be presented as well.
Case Vignettes may include several of the following:
Compulsion to Repeat in a Police Department
Intersubjective Third and Potential Space in a Psychiatry Department
Metaphor and metaphoric processes in a Public Works Department
Destructive Narcissism in a Department of Behavioral Health
From Destructive to Constructive Narcissism in the Music and Entertainment Industry
Dr. Michael A. Diamond is Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Organization Studies and Director Emeritus of the Center for the Study of Organizational Change (CSOC) at the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1981. He has taught graduate (MPA and PhD) courses in organizational analysis and change, organization studies, logics of inquiry, readings in contemporary psychoanalytic theory, a practicum in organizational diagnosis, group dynamics and conflict resolution, organizational dynamics and leadership, among others. His 35 years of writing and research are focused on the nexus of psychoanalysis, organizational politics and culture. Following publication of his (1993) book, The Unconscious Life of Organizations, Diamond was awarded the 1994 Harry Levinson Award for Excellence in Consulting Psychology from the American Psychological Association. He also received the 1999 William T. Kemper Fellow for Excellence in Teaching and the 2005 Faculty-Alumni Award from the University of Missouri. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and has authored and co-authored several books including (2016) Discovering Organizational Identity: Dynamics of Relational Attachment, University of Missouri Press. His (2009) book is entitled: Private Selves in Public Organizations: The Psychodynamics of Organizational Diagnosis and Change, New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan. He is a practicing organizational consultant working with public, private, and nonprofit organizations. He is past co-editor-in-chief of the American Review of Public Administration and is currently on the editorial boards of Psychoanalysis, Culture, & Society, Organisational and Social Dynamics, and Administration & Society. He is past-president and founding member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (ISPSO) and past member of the American Psychological Association (APA), Divisions in Consulting Psychology (13) and in Psychoanalysis (39). He is chief editor of the Advances in Organizational Psychodynamics book series published by The University of Missouri Press (UMP). He lives and works in New York City.
Email: diamondm@missouri.edu
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Organizational-Identity-Relational-Attachment/dp/0826220983
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Learn the essential components of a psychoanalytic organization theory: What does it mean to consult psychoanalytically?
Learn about the psychoanalytic concept of organizational identity: Separateness and membership
Learn the systemic and psychodynamic dimensions of a multilayered model of organization: What it means to work across multiple levels of organizing and boundaries
Learning additional key psychoanalytic concepts in understanding and consulting to organizations: How might we think about group dynamics, intersubjectivity and potential space, compulsions to repeat, metaphor and metaphoric processes, unthought known and feedback sessions, constructive and destructive narcissism, psychoanalytic data in organizational diagnosis and assessment
CE Credits: 1 ½ hours. IPTAR is recognized by the New York State Department’s State Board of Social Work as an approved provider for continuing education for Licensed Social Workers (#0225). Payment of $15 fee must be made at the Case Conference.
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PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS
UPCOMING CASE CONFERENCES: 2017
Wednesdays, 11:30-1:00pm
March 22 B. Dahlia Radley-Kingsley, MBA MA
and Melissa Extein, Psy.D.
Generational Differences in Organizational Consultation
April 26 Gerard Fromm, Ph.D,
Treating the “Whole Person”:
When a College Tries to Integrate its Health and Counseling Services
May 24 TBA
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The Case Conference Series consists of presentations of applied material from an organizational consultation, executive coaching engagement, or presentation relevant to systems-psychodynamic thinking and practice. The format is interactive and all who attend are invited to participate. For further information contact Dahlia Radley-Kingsley, Chair of Case Conference Series: dahlia@radley-kingsley.com
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IPTAR’s L.J.Gould Center is named for Laurence J. Gould, a psychoanalyst, psychologist, Organizational Consultant and international figure in the discipline instrumental in designing and implementing Systems-Psychoanalytic work at IPTAR.
-Chair of The Center: Joseph A. Cancelmo, Psy.D., FIPA
-Chair, Monthly Case Conference: Dahlia Radley-Kingsley, MBA, MA
-Steering Committee and Additional Faculty:
Susan Berger, Psy.D., Andrea Greenman, Ph.D. Michael Moskowitz, Ph.D.,Ferne Traeger, LCSW, MBA
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