What about Dilbert? LO10616

DavidCLT@aol.com
Sun, 20 Oct 1996 22:49:09 -0400

Replying to LO10560 --

In a message dated 96-10-19 01:16:14 EDT, colston@gid.co.uk (Colston Sanger)
writes:

" Maybe there's a larger connection here with the notion of the `ego ideal'.
Howard Schwartz writes well on this (my view) in his Narcissistic Process
and Corporate Decay: the theory of the organization ideal (New York
University Press, 1990)"

Dear LO group:

I agree with this. The human democratic evolution requires the
continuous movement from authoritarian organizations to those consistent
with social interest and social equality, while extracting personal
responsibility from all. This requires that all managers move from
withdrawn positions into connected ones; from dominating positions into
cooperative ones; and from superiority seeking positions into true
contribution behaviors and attitudes reflective of organizational visions.

The Dilbert cartoons simply underscore the cynical hostility
directed toward those who pretentiously assume the authoritarian
superiority without realizing how this position is narcissistic and in
decay.

David L. Hanson, Ph.D.
Synergistic Psychology Associates, P.A.
Suite 204 Cameron-Brown Building
310 South McDowell Street
Charlotte, NC 28204
DavidCLT@aol.com
Author of the GEMA-Leadership Development tool
"Contribution Beyond Self-interest"

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