Organizing for powerlessness - A critical perspective on psychodynamics and dysfunctionality

Develops a critical perspective on organizations and psychoanalysis. Follow ing a brief review of various strands of psychoanalytic theorizing about or ganizations, argues that psychoanalysis can make an important contribution both to recognizing and to restoring the human subject in the organization. However, psychoanalysis also rum the risk of becoming complicitous with th e larger context of domination that structures and governs organizations, u nless it explicitly acknowledges and incorporates this context. Discusses t he importance of acknowledging relations of power, recognizing the normaliz ation of dysfunctionality in, organizations, and moving away from individua lizing issues of emotion, resistance and control.