Sub-theme 42: Psychoanalysis in search of meaning: Love, hate and desire for knowledge in organizations

Convenors:
Marianna Fotaki, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK
Steen Visholm, Roskilde University, Denmark
Session I: Thursday, July 02, 09:00 to 10:30, E3-B-B007
Introductory session: Why love and hate for knowledge and why psychoanalysis
Chair: Fotaki/Visholm
Robert French and Rob Sheffield
Creative Development in Bion's Work-Group
Marianna Fotaki and Steen Visholm welcomes participants and contributers, introduces the way of working and give a short paper about the subtheme. Then Peter Simpson et al start presenting their paper.
Session II: Thursday, July 02, 11:00 to 12:30, E3-B-B007
Chair: Fotaki/Visholm
The Desire for Knowledge Transfer
Organizational Personality: Its Application in Management Practice
Session III: Thursday, July 02, 14:00 to 15:30, E3-B-B007
Chair: Fotaki/Visholm
The passion for the Real: innovation, ideology and critique in Slavoj Zizek
The Underground Economy of Passion in Organizations
Session IV: Friday, July 03, 09:00 to 10:30, E3-B-B007
Chair: Fotaki/Visholm
the negociation framework: toward integration, containment and creativity in organizational and inter-organizational conflicts
Zeynep Özsoy and Banu Buyukkal
Boundaries and constancy in post-modern organizations from a psychoanalytic view
Session V: Friday, July 03, 11:00 to 12:30, E3-B-B007
Chair: Fotaki/Visholm
Gilles Amado
Value Of Ambiguity -The Case Of Executive Coaching-
Jean-Claude Sardas and Cédric Dalmasso
The Interplay of Identity Dynamics in Organizations: Learning Processes and Transitional Space.
Session VI: Saturday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, E3-B-B007
Chair: Fotaki/Visholm
Gianpiero Petriglieri
Projective identification in leaders' identity work: the case of Gucci.
bernard ramanantsoa
L'Oréal : Tearing Out the Good Enough Mother's Hair
Session VII: Saturday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, E3-B-B007
Reflections: Where do we go from here
Chair: Fotaki/Visholm
Discussion: Organization Studies Special Issue: "Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Organizations: What can Psychoanalysis Offer Organization Studies Today?"