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On the Way to a Culture of Responsibility in Organizations: Concepts of Symbiosis Revisited

Pages 324-332
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article considers the phenomenon of responsibility, particularly in organizations, and focuses on ways to establish dialogues on responsibility as an essential part of organizational culture. Dimensions of responsibility are differentiated, and the idea of a system of responsibility is explained. The concept of symbiosis is revisited and described as a disturbance in responsibility systems in organizations. Finally, dealing with symbiotic relationships and developing a culture of responsibility through prevention and corrective confrontations is suggested.

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Arnold Messmer

Dr. phil. Bernd Schmid has been director of the Institut für Systemische Beratung in Wiesloch, Germany, since 1984. He studied economics, psychology, and education and has been an ITAA Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (clinical) since 1985.
Bernd was the winner in 1986 of the first EATA scientific award for authors for his work on “Breaking through the Dilemma Circle.” He is an officer in several associations (psychotherapy, coaching, systemic counseling) and has numerous publications to his name. He can be reached at Institut für Systemische Beratung, Schlosshof 3 D 69168 Wiesloch, Germany; e-mail: ; Web site: www.systemische-professionalitaet.de.
Arnold Messmer has been a teaching consultant at the Institut für Systemische Beratung and runs his own institute in Zürich, Switzerland. He studied education and anthropological psychology and has been working in a Swiss trading company for several years. He has written several publications about organizational development and cooperative coaching.