The obscure object of demand in consultancy: a psychoanalytic perspective

Abstract

Questions the circumstances under which consultants should consider the interpretation of unconscious material as part of their mission, and the forms that these interpretations should take. Following the approach taken by Abraham Zaleznik, suggests that it may be necessary to reflect upon the analysis of requests from clients for consultancy or for auditing. Seeks to review the issue of client‐request analysis from a psychoanalytic perspective and, in particular, from the angle of the tripartition of Lacanian analysis: that of need, demand and desire.

Citation

Arnaud, G. (1998), "The obscure object of demand in consultancy: a psychoanalytic perspective", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 13 No. 7, pp. 469-484. https://doi.org/10.1108/02683949810239240