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Neuro-Linguistic Programming

A Critical Appreciation for Managers and Developers

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Paul Tosey

    1. University of Surrey, UK

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  2. Jane Mathison

    1. School of Management, University of Surrey, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 3-11

    3. What is NLP? The ‘Six Faces’ of the Field

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 12-24

    4. Organisational Applications of NLP

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 25-34

  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. The Road to Santa Cruz

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 37-45

    3. Discovering the Language of Change

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 46-56

    4. Exploring Inner Landscapes

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 57-69

    5. The Influences of Erickson and the Palo Alto Group

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 70-84

    6. Gregory Bateson and Cybernetics

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 85-96

    7. The Presuppositions of NLP

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 97-110

  4. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. ‘Useful versus True’ — Theory, Knowledge and Pseudoscience

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 113-128

    3. What Does Research Say About NLP?

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 129-143

    4. NLP and Ethics — Outcome, Ecology and Integrity

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 144-160

    5. NLP as a Movement — Values and Discourse

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 161-174

  5. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Synthesis

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 177-187

    3. Quo Vadis?

      • Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison
      Pages 188-195
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About this book

Addressing the need for a discerning, research-based discussion of NLP, this book seeks to answer the many questions that clients, potential users and practitioners ask, including: what is NLP and what can it best be used for? This book looks at the research and theory behind NLP, also exploring claims that it is a `pseudoscience'.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Surrey, UK

    Paul Tosey

  • School of Management, University of Surrey, UK

    Jane Mathison

About the authors

PAUL TOSEY has more than 15 years' experience of developing coaches and consultants at postgraduate level at the University of Surrey, UK. He is a Master Practitioner of NLP, has supervised doctoral research in NLP, published academic articles on the subject, and chaired the world's First International NLP Research Conference in 2008.

JANE MATHISON has been involved with NLP for many years and is an accredited NLP trainer. She gained her PhD from the University of Surrey in 2003, then worked as a Research Officer on the applications of NLP to transformative learning. Recently she has been exploring innovations in the use of NLP in qualitative research.

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