M.A. / Through a literature survey in the domain of organisational development a trend away from hierarchically structured organisations is identified. This trend is consistent with the literature concerned with a systemic perspective in clinical psychology. Principles of systemic psychological theory are identified which provide valuable insights into the functioning of organisations. The theory and principles identified provide the basis for the practice of clinical psychology internationally. Clinical practice has provided valuable experience in work with systems. This experience, it is argued, should not be lost to industry. An icosahedral model is described which is shown to be consistent with systemic ideas in clinical psychology and with clinical experience in therapy with systems. It is argued that the model provides a suitable metaphor of network structure, which is consistent with calls in the literature for non-hierarchical organisational structure. The study reveals that clinical psychology is able to make a valuable contribution to industry.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:3378 |
| Date | 28 August 2012 |
| Creators | Furman, Kevin |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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