The Emotional Side of Organizations: Applications of Bowen Theory (Papers Presented At the Georgetown Family Center's Conference on Organizations, April 22-23, 1995)

Part 1. Theoretical Considerations: * A Brief Summary of Bowen Family Systems Theory, Patricia A. Comella, JD; * The Extension of Bowen Theory to Nonfamily Groups, Michael E. Kerr, MD; * Rethinking the Consultant's Role, Joyce Bader, MS. Part 2. The Organization as an Emotional System: * Life at Work, Kathleen K. Wiseman, MBA; * The Emotional Side of Re-Engineered and Re-Invented Workplaces, Patricia A. Comella, JD; * Anxiety and Organizations, Daniel V. Papero, PhD. Part 3. Human Social Systems: * Bowen Theory: Potential Implications for the Field of Corrections, Ann Bunting, PhD; * Consulting to Russian-American Joint Ventures, Katharine G. Baker, DSW; * Violence in the Workplace, Walter H. Smith, Jr., PhD. 4. Defining A Self Within Social Systems: * Leadership from the Viewpoint of Bowen Theory, Paulina McCullough, MSW; * Consultant as Sponge: An Evolutionary Journey, Judith S. Ball, MS Ed.; Teaching Bowen Family Systems Theory, Selden Dunbar Illick, LCSW; * A Graduate Nursing Course Using Bowen Theory, Gail Hilbert, DNSC. Part 5. Case Studies: * Cooperation, Leaders, and Anxiety, Andrea Maloney-Schara, LCSWA; * The Influence of Anxiety within a Business, Kent E. Webb, LCSW; * Bowen Family Systems Theory as a Framework for Consultants, Leslie Ann Fox, MA, RRA; * The School as an Emotional System, Roger Dillow, MA, MSW. Part 6. Practitioners: * "I" Openings, Peter F. Norlin, PhD; Bringing Bowen Theory to the Organization Behavior Classroom, Morley Segal, PhD; * Differentiation and Triangles in Coaching Executives, Richard D. Olson, PhD; * Diversity and Differentiation, Norman Leigh Jones, MA; * Organizational Dynamics and the Clergy, V. Sue Zabel, PhD; * The Contemporary Organization, Robert Cahill, MBA. Part 7. Nonhuman Social Systems: * Leadership in Nonhuman Social Systems, Kathleen B. Kerr, MSN, MA * Lessons from Nature on Leadership, Stephanie J. Ferrera, MSW; * A Natural Systems View of Hierarchy, Roberta M. Gilbert, MD .