ABSTRACT
The magpie syndrome manifests itself as an obsessive focus on opponents. This focus makes one lose track of essentials, in particular one’s allies, and in some cases the objective of the project. This syndrome breeds quasi-obsessional behaviour. The managing director is suffering from the magpie syndrome. Having never experienced a conflict and refusing to accept that there are a few simple problems in the company, he is obsessed by two 25-year-old boys who have taken him for a ride for four months. The frenetic syndrome manifests itself when an individual has to make hasty, numerous and contradictory decisions as a result, generally, of being overpowered by time, by fear or by the excitement of a crisis. The paralytic syndrome manifests itself when an individual is so panicked that decisions are not taken. This syndrome is at the same time the opposite and a parallel counterpart of the frenetic syndrome.
