One way of getting a handle on this, is to look at
definitions for Gestalt, Gestalt Therapy, and Gestalt
Enterprise Therapy which is, essentially, Gestalt Therapy
as applied to an organization.
Gestalt - a structure, configuration, or pattern of
physical, biological, or psychological phenomena so
integrated as to constitute a functional unit with properties
not derivable by summation of its parts (Merriam-Webster
Dictionary).
Gestalt Therapy - a humanistic method of psychotherapy
that takes a holistic approach to human experience by
stressing individual responsibility and awareness of
present psychological and physical needs (Encyclopedia
Britannica).
Gestalt Enterprise Therapy – a method of assessing
and formulating the holistic structure of an enterprise
that takes a humanistic view of the enterprise as being
a living being – initially created through the
hopes and aspirations of one or more individuals, now
maintaining its life through the cooperation of many
- the physical wellbeing of which depends upon the harmonious
inter-relationship of the individuals making up the
organization who must, collectively and actively, seek
to achieve the stated objectives of the organization.
(see Why
Gestalt Enterprise Therapy?) |
