Search for: [Abstrakt = "This paper is an extended single case study exploring worker behaviour in a post\-totalitarian organisation – a large secondary school. It uses theoretical contributions from political science exploring totalitarian regimes and from systems\-psychodynamics\; specifically ideas of narcissism and the concept of the\-organisation\-in\-the\-mind\; as well as the concepts of role\; task and boundary. It proposes that due to narcissistic needs\; a tyrannical leader over\-identified with his\/her organisation to the extent that his\/her own ego needs were merged with organisational needs. This was then taken in by the followers as their version of the organisation\-in\-the\-mind\; but with a specific addition\: because the tyrant and the organisation are synonymous\; they took in an organisational manifestation of the tyrant – the tyrant in the mind. This became the unconscious predicate shaping subsequent organisational behaviour\; leading to increased conflict and ineffectiveness. Implications for leaders entering a post\-totalitarian organisation and the nature of interventions are discussed\; as are further lines of enquiry"]

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