Organizational Diagnosis And Assessment

Author : Michael Harrison,Arie Shirom
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998-07-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781452212845

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Organizational Diagnosis and Assessment by Michael Harrison,Arie Shirom Pdf

Organizational Diagnosis and Assessment presents sharp-image diagnosis, a distinctive approach to organizational consultation and planned change, that reflects current research and theorizing about organizational change and effectiveness. The authors draw on multiple analytical frames to produce empirically grounded models of sources of ineffectiveness and forces for change, showing how consultants, managers, and applied researchers can break free of unproductive practices and ways of thinking to avoid uncritical adoption of management fads. They offer workable solutions to critical problems and demonstrate ways to meet organizational challenges like market downturns, technological change, and alliances with other organizations. Organizational Diagnosis and Assessment covers diagnosis and assessment of work groups, organizations, and whole systems. This volume develops analytical approaches for problem solving and strategy formation in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Diagnosis of public policy issues, like assessments of the effectiveness of health systems, is also addressed. Many of the models and techniques contribute to assessing the changing nature of the workplace, examining organizational decline and other life-cycle transitions; gendering; change and diversity in organizational culture and in workforce composition; the spread of new forms of work organization, including teams, flat hierarchies, and networks; new uses of information technology; and mergers and alliances among organizations. Organizational Diagnosis and Assessment will be invaluable to advanced students, consultants, and applied behavioral scientists in social sciences, management, social work, organizational and industrial psychology, organizational sociology, nursing, and public administration.

Author : Michael Harrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1042914739

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Author : Charles Lusthaus,Inter-American Development Bank,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0889369984

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Organizational Assessment by Charles Lusthaus,Inter-American Development Bank,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Organizational Assessment: A framework for improving performance

Author : Michael I. Harrison
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761925724

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Diagnosing Organizations by Michael I. Harrison Pdf

"Professors of research methods across the social sciences will find Diagnosing Organizations, Third Edition an invaluable text for their courses."--Jacket.

Author : William J Rothwell,Angela L.M. Stopper,Jennifer L. Myers
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315310596

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Assessment and Diagnosis for Organization Development by William J Rothwell,Angela L.M. Stopper,Jennifer L. Myers Pdf

Although the theory and methods of organization development (OD) assessment and diagnosis have been covered in other books, there is a lack of practitioner-focused guides that introduce real-world case studies and tools rooted in the methodology. This book will fill that gap, providing practical perspective and insight from practitioners and consultants currently practicing OD assessment and diagnosis. Organization Development (OD) differs from management consulting in that OD assessment and diagnosis is not a prescriptive consulting engagement. Instead, OD methods include engaging clients to build change leadership initiatives customized to their particular situation. OD is not about a consultant telling a client company what to do. It is about an OD professional guiding client companies on their journey towards the best end point for their particular situation. This book will address that journey. The theory and foundational principles of OD are covered, but the primary focus is on providing practical applications to businesses. While the book is grounded in sound academic theory, its strength is its practitioner-focused methodology containing vignettes and tools that individuals can use to help guide the assessment and diagnosis efforts in their own or their client organizations.

Author : Rolf E. Rogers
Publisher : Human Resource Development
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0874255767

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Organizational Assessment by Rolf E. Rogers Pdf

The process of choosing one strategic or operational alternative over another may be the difference between success and failure. This book uses a time-tested, step-by-step, practical framework for identifying and assessing organizational issues and for choosing optimum solutions. It is written in an easy, readable style, and uses real world case studies from the author's own consulting experiences to explain the assessment and intervention process.

Author : M. R. Weisbord
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1978-01-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015020704741

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Organizational Diagnosis by M. R. Weisbord Pdf

Organizational diagnosis; Resource readings in diagnosis.

Author : Gerry Randell,John Toplis
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317008958

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Towards Organizational Fitness by Gerry Randell,John Toplis Pdf

Work organizations can lose their fitness and become sick, just as people can. Just like people, they may become both physically and behaviourally sick; physically sick when plant and equipment breaks down or the money runs out; behaviourally sick when the resources are badly managed or the staff become alienated. Gerry Randell and John Toplis' Towards Organizational Fitness addresses two main issues: firstly, how to investigate and manage problems involving people at work - a task analogous to that of a medical doctor working with a sick patient; secondly, how to assess and develop the capability and fitness of an organization - like a medical doctor who wishes to improve a patient's health. The message of this book is clear, that organizations should not proceed to change any of their policies, procedures, processes or practices until a systematic thorough diagnosis of the root cause underpinning the need to change has taken place. The process of diagnosis that leads to a technically sound, administratively convenient, politically defensible and socially acceptable decision to change an organization in some way is fraught with difficulty. Towards Organizational Fitness provides managers with a conceptual and practical path through this complex and difficult arena.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on Diagnostic Error in Health Care
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309377720

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Improving Diagnosis in Health Care by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on Diagnostic Error in Health Care Pdf

Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisions. The diagnostic process is a complex, collaborative activity that involves clinical reasoning and information gathering to determine a patient's health problem. According to Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, diagnostic errors-inaccurate or delayed diagnoses-persist throughout all settings of care and continue to harm an unacceptable number of patients. It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Diagnostic errors may cause harm to patients by preventing or delaying appropriate treatment, providing unnecessary or harmful treatment, or resulting in psychological or financial repercussions. The committee concluded that improving the diagnostic process is not only possible, but also represents a moral, professional, and public health imperative. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, a continuation of the landmark Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human (2000) and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001), finds that diagnosis-and, in particular, the occurrence of diagnostic errorsâ€"has been largely unappreciated in efforts to improve the quality and safety of health care. Without a dedicated focus on improving diagnosis, diagnostic errors will likely worsen as the delivery of health care and the diagnostic process continue to increase in complexity. Just as the diagnostic process is a collaborative activity, improving diagnosis will require collaboration and a widespread commitment to change among health care professionals, health care organizations, patients and their families, researchers, and policy makers. The recommendations of Improving Diagnosis in Health Care contribute to the growing momentum for change in this crucial area of health care quality and safety.

Author : John Latham,John R. Latham,John Vinyard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
ISBN : PSU:000057834924

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Baldrige User's Guide by John Latham,John R. Latham,John Vinyard Pdf

Whether diagnosing the existing organization, designing or redesigning systems or leading the transformation, this practical guide has the tools and advice that readers will need to build a high performing organization. The second edition delves into the latest advances in the Baldrige process, which helps drive organizations to be more competitive and achieve performance excellence. Authors Latham and Vinyard strike a balance between theoretical and practical approaches, emphasizing the impact of the leader's role in determining healthy directions for a changing organization.

Author : Gervase R. Bushe,Robert J. Marshak
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626564053

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Dialogic Organization Development by Gervase R. Bushe,Robert J. Marshak Pdf

A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational Change Dialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of thinking and acting and the use of generative images to stimulate new organizational conversations and narratives. This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to Dialogic Organization Development with chapters by a global team of leading scholar-practitioners addressing both theoretical foundations and specific practices.

Author : Kim S. Cameron,Robert E. Quinn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118047057

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Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture by Kim S. Cameron,Robert E. Quinn Pdf

Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture provides a framework, a sense-making tool, a set of systematic steps, and a methodology for helping managers and their organizations carefully analyze and alter their fundamental culture. Authors, Cameron and Quinn focus on the methods and mechanisms that are available to help managers and change agents transform the most fundamental elements of their organizations. The authors also provide instruments to help individuals guide the change process at the most basic level—culture. Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture offers a systematic strategy for internal or external change agents to facilitate foundational change that in turn makes it possible to support and supplement other kinds of change initiatives.

Author : Charles Lusthaus,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Cambio organizacional
ISBN : 9780889368705

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Enhancing Organizational Performance by Charles Lusthaus,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Enhancing Organizational Performance: A toolbox for self-assessment

Author : Richard Mimick,Michael Thompson
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781553691907

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Business Diagnostics by Richard Mimick,Michael Thompson Pdf

Business Diagnostics has been written to overcome a significant challenge facing today’s business owners, specifically the time constraints in acquiring business management skills. Business owners have limited time or inclination to attend extended business school courses. Likewise, accessing topical information on enhancing corporate performance (magazines or web sites) can be sporadic and time consuming. The authors have designed Business Diagnostics to address these concerns by developing a valuable reference book that can be easily read over a weekend or a few weekday evenings. Business Diagnostics will provide practical assistance to the following target audiences: The existing C.E.O., business owner or manager who has growth opportunities and needs to ‘size-up’ existing and potential operations The individual who wishes to set up a new, yet-to-be proven, business venture and requires guidelines to assess the likelihood of success and the steps necessary to attract financing or equity. A new or existing technology company owner who needs to assess the relative merits of attracting outside equity or raising additional debt in order to expand product and/or markets. We also feel that this book will be useful to both Business, Engineering and Technology students by providing a concise set of practical diagnostics tools to complement generic course materials. At the same time, the materials will provide a fast track to understanding the fundamentals and challenges in running and growing a company.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Organizational effectiveness
ISBN : OCLC:943382268

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Organizational Assessment : Diagnosis and Intervention by Anonim Pdf