IPTAR’s
The LJGould Center for Systems-Psychoanalytic Studies
Monthly Socio-Analytic Case Conference
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
11:30am-1:00pm
IPTAR West Conference room: 140 West 97th Street – NYC
Larry Hirschhorn, Ph.D.
The psychodynamics of the “developmental project.”
Working within the Group Relations traditions, psychoanalytic researchers and consultants use the felicitously termed “BART” framework. This framework highlights four fundamental features of any work organization, its Boundaries, how Authority is constituted and experienced, what Roles people occupy and what primary Task defines the work they do. This framework applies well to work organizations faced with ongoing tasks designed to help role-holders confront routine risks while creating value for clients and customers repeatedly. In this talk I suggest that we need to go beyond BART when considering the work of teams and groups whose task is to create a one-of-a-kind product, concept, research plan, or computer model. I call this setting a “Developmental Project.” My presentation will be based on a current consultation case and four published case studies.
Larry Hirschhorn is principal emeritus with, and a founder of, CFAR, a management-consulting firm in Philadelphia. He has a PhD in economics from MIT. He is a founding member and former president of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, and among the founder faculty of the William Alanson White Institute’s Organization Program. He has published five books, three of which explore the psychodynamics of work and organizations (The Workplace Within, Reworking Authority and Managing in the New Team Environment.). He is currently working on a book on the psychodynamics of strategy. He has taught executives through the Aresty Institute at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and middle managers in the Organization Dynamics program at the same university. He has conducted seminars on the consultation process in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Israel and Australia. His most recently published article, “The Fall of Howell Raines: A Study in the Moralization of Organizational Life,” was awarded the “best article” prize for Journal of Consulting Psychology, 2007.
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The Case Conference series consists of a presentation of case material from an organizational consultation, an executive coaching engagement, or a presentation relevant to socio-analysis and systems-psychodynamic thinking and practice. The format is interactive and all who attend are invited to present. For further information: JKrantz@Worklab.com or JoeCancelmo@gmail.com
IPTAR’s L.J.Gould Center:
The Center is named for Lawrence J. Gould, a Psychoanalyst, Psychologist and Organizational Consultant, an international figure in the discipline who was instrumental in designing and implementing Systems-Psychoanalytic ideas and training to IPTAR.
Components of the L.J.Gould Center:
Systems-Psychodynamic Studies: Kathleen Pogue White, Ph.D., Director
Socio-Analytic Studies: Director, TBD.
Socio-Analytic Case Conference: James Krantz, Ph.D., Director
Chair of the Center: Joseph A.Cancelmo, Psy.D.
Steering Committee: Susan Berger, Psy.D.; Joseph Cancelmo, Psy.D.; Andrea Greenman, Ph.D. ; Michael Moskowitz, Ph.D.; Dahlia Radley-Kingsley, MBA; Ferne Traeger, LCSW, MBA; Kathleen P. White, Ph.D.
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Joseph A. Cancelmo, PsyD, FIPA
Psychologist / Psychoanalyst
Fellow, International Psychoanalytical Association
243 West End Avenue, Suite 101
NY, NY 10023
joecancelmo@gmail.com