The California School of Organizational Studies Handbook of Organizational Consulting Psychology : A Comprehensive Guide to Theory, Skills, and Techniques

Discover a wealth of issues in the field of consulting psychology with this landmark book. Explore key topics in assessment and evaluation, building teams, executive coaching, career counseling, interpersonal conflicts and relationships, benefit design, personality testing, and much more. Learn to delineate and better understand the wide array of information you are faced with, and become more adept and knowledgeable in the field of consulting psychology. This comprehensive volume has expert contributors recruited by the volume's editor--himself an eminent educator and practitioner in the field. You will get: Special issues in consulting to specific types of organizations including industry, schools, government, non-profit, and international Informative guidelines for professional practice procedures Organized sections on individual, group and organizational issues And much more! A Comprehensive Handbook For Mental Health Professionals Who Want To Work With Individual Executives And Managers, Teams Or Larger Groups, Primarily In Commercial For-profit Business, But Also In Non-profit And Government Organizations. Introduction / Rodney L. Lowman -- Foundations Of Organizational Consulting Psychology -- Individual-level Variables In Organizational Consultation / Andrew D. Carson, Rodney L. Lowman -- Organizational Consulting To Groups And Teams / Arthur M. Freedman, E. Skipton Leonard -- The Organizational Level Of Analysis: Consulting To The Implementation Of New Organizational Designs / Susan Albers Mohrman -- The Role Of Systems Theory In Consulting Psychology / Dale R. Fuqua, Jody L. Newman -- Individual Level Applications -- Individual Interventions In Consulting Psychology / Richard R. Kilburg -- The Effectiveness Of Executive Coaching: What We Know And What We Still Need To Know / Sheila Kampa, Randall P. White -- A Consultant's Guide To Understanding And Promoting Emotional Intelligence In The Workplace / Shani Robins -- Assessing Candidates For Leadership Positions / Andrew N. Garman -- Enhancing Peak Potential In Managers And Leaders: Integrating Knowledge And Findings From Sport Psychology / Sandra Foster -- Group Level Applications -- Successfully Implementing Teams In Organizations / Douglas A. Johnson, Michael M. Beyerlein, Joseph W. Huff, Terry R. Halfhill, Rodger D. Ballentine -- The Psychoanalytic Approach To Team Development / Pieter Koortzen, Frans Cilliers -- Organizational Consulting To Virtual Teams / Joanie B. Connell -- Organizational Level Issues -- Assessing Organizations / Harry Levinson -- Organizational Evaluation: Issues And Methods / E. Jane Davidson. Rodney L. Lowman, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The chapters are organized in sections on individual, group and organizational issues. It also gives coverage to consulting to specific types of organizations (including industry, schools, and government, non-profit, international organizations) and guidelines for professional practice issues This is a comprehensive handbook for mental health professionals who want to work with individual executives and managers, teams or larger groups, primarily in commercial for-profit business, but also in non-profit and government organizations Organizational consulting psychologists work at multiple levels: directly with individuals, as with executive coaching, with dysfunctional or functional groups, or with the organizational system as a whole.