Narcissistic Process and Corporate Decay : : The Theory of the Organizational Ideal / / Howard S. Schwartz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Schwartz, Howard S.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Howard S. Schwartz shows how American industry is in a process of decay unable to cope with foreign competition and stagnant in technological development. He attributes this Organizational Decay to a reluctance in the part of corporate members to deal with reality.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE. The Theory of the Organization Ideal -- Introduction -- 1. The Clockwork or the Snakepit: An Essay on the Meaning of Teaching Organizational Behavior -- 2. On the Psychodynamics of Organizational Totalitarianism -- 3. Antisocial Actions of Committed Organizational Participants -- PART TWO. Organizational Decay and Organizational Disaster -- Introduction -- 4. Totalitarian Management and Organizational Decay: The Case of General Motors -- 5. Organizational Disaster and Organizational Decay: The Case of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- 6. On the Psychodynamics of Organizational Disaster: The Case of the Space Shuttle Challenger -- PART THREE. American Culture and the Challenger Disaster: A Historical Perspective -- 7. The Symbol of the Space Shuttle and the Degeneration of the American Dream -- 8. Conclusion: Addiction and Recovery -- Notes -- References -- Index