The Joyful Organization: Understanding Organizational Health, Diseases and Joy
Synopsis
Most people work for an organization to earn a living-questions of joy and happiness rarely figures in their thinking at the workplace. It is perhaps even more infrequent for a leader to consider whether members of the organization he or she is managing, find joy in their work. This delightful book maintains, however, that a truly strong organization is one whose employees experience joy in performing their tasks which inspire them to give their utmost to add value and to realize organizational goals. the authors also maintain that in order to become joyful, an organization must first become healthy. They describe a healthy organization as one which deals with issues before they turn into persistent problems and which has the ability to develop and grow over time. Based on over sixty years of combined experience in organizational development gained in five continents, the authors have developed a holistic framework of organizational health and diseases to better understand a flourishing organization in today’s world. They present an entirely new analysis of organizations in order to bring them to the stage of being joyful and thus effective in realizing the organizational vision as well for individual to live a fuller, more satisfying life. The authors challenge the commonly held view that management is all about identifying priorities and producing results in a short time frame. Instead, they maintain that the most frequently ignored criteria for organizational health is achieving and maintaining a balance between fundamental objectives such as fulfilling the financial requirements, the needs of the organization’s customers and of its members. The book also identifies why organizations may not be healthy, maps 21 common organizational diseases (such as workaholism, money-mania, organizational paranoia, self-centered leadership, and decision paralyses), identifies their causes and origins, and suggests ways to overcome these problems in order to achieve revolutionary results. Peppered with real-life examples and written in a lucid style, the book provides both a conceptual foundation and a practical guide for both organizations and the individuals who work in them. It will be of enormous interest to business leaders and strategic thinkers, as well as to professionals in management, organizational development and human resource development, in addition to anybody who works in an organization and wants to understand it.
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Imre Lovey
Eszter Erdelyi