ABSTRACT

In Olympus Inc., the authors use the ancient Greek Gods to explores the values, practices and beliefs that underpin businesses, schools, corporations and the like, and through this they illuminate the complex forces and currents that are at work in modern organizations.They demonstrate that autocratic Zeus, uber-efficient Apollo, the slippery trickster Hermes in fact, all the gods of the Greek pantheon - are alive and thriving in our workplaces, clubs and institutions. By combining ancient myth with archetypal psychology, the authors deliver an approach to the complex issues of organizational change. Their approach is creative and engaging, but also down-to-earth and practical. Olympus Inc. includes a discussion of the DNAI (Dalmau-Neville Archetypology Indicator), a powerful and easily applicable tool that distills the theory, or archetypal psychology, in ways that enable organizations to see themselves not only as they are... but as they want to be.

chapter 1|33 pages

Guiding Ideas

chapter 2|49 pages

Organization, Culture and Change

chapter 3|44 pages

The Five-Minded Organization

chapter 4|24 pages

Gods, Myths and Archetypes

chapter 5|28 pages

The Board of Directors

chapter 6|27 pages

Gods of Life and Death

chapter 7|18 pages

Heroes and Saviors

chapter 8|20 pages

The Virgin Goddesses

chapter 9|23 pages

Sons and Lovers

chapter 10|37 pages

The Polytheistic Organization

chapter 11|34 pages

The Archetypology Indicator

chapter 12|28 pages

God of the Crossroads