"One of the most pressing needs of modern society is to understand and construct organizations that are not only effective in terms of carrying out work but that also allow and encourage people to develop their full human potential. Psychoanalytic theory describes those primary processes that...

1. Early studies of group behaviour -- 2. The leader-- the influence of Sigmund Freud -- 3. Transference and projection-- the influence of Ferenczi -- 4. The child's world of the adult-- the contribution of Melanie Klein -- 5. Groups and their basic assumptions-- the influence of Wilfred Bion --...