What is it about?

This books, and Organizational TA as a whole, operates from an assumption of health. Anita Mountain and Chris Davidson wrote this book because TA offers everyone within the workforce different options on how to relate. Working Together offers up-to-date theory developed by the authors through their extensive knowledge of TA and of the business world. The clear explanations and diagrams in the book outline how you can develop and maintain effective communication and be aware of the processes involved in carrying out decisions and strategies.

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Why is it important?

In today's fast changing world there are many stressors. At this time especially a little extra help and support can be of great benefit. This publication will be of value to individuals, leaders and managers at all levels. Whether the issue is emotional intelligence, stress, poor communication or different departmental/regional perspectives, this book offers a toolkit of resource to support the people process aspects of the business. All of which, has a philosophical underpinning of OKness, something which is explained in the book.

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I am passionate about making the work environment a good place to be for the individual as well as a productive place for the organisation. Ultimately an organisation is the people who work within it and the culture that exists between them. Many quality improvement methodologies focus on the systems and processes, but are ultimately ineffective because they lose the human focus. In this book we start with the people, and build on strengths rather than just focusing on weaknesses. TA is particularly accessible, and we believe effective. The challenge in writing this book was to obtain a balance between academic theory and practical application without oversimplifying the approach. I hope you obtain value from reading it.

Ms Anita J Mountain

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This page is a summary of: Working Together: Organizational Transactional Analysis and Business Performance, Human Resource Management International Digest, June 2012, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/hrmid.2012.04420daa.016.
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