From Brainwashing to Organizational Therapy: A Conceptual and Empirical Journey in Search of ‘Systemic’ Health and a General Model of Change Dynamics. A Drama in Five Acts
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From Brainwashing to Organizational Therapy: A Conceptual and Empirical Journey in Search of ‘Systemic’ Health and a General Model of Change Dynamics. A Drama in Five Acts
In this article Schein reviews his 50 years of work on culture, careers, coercive persuasion, and process consultation in the form of a drama with acts, scenes and commentary from the chorus. An attempt is made to show how the various concepts all inform the model of ‘change’ that underlies all of this work and how insights about the mechanisms of change already occurred early in the career.
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