Diagnosing Organizations

Methods, Models, and Processes

AvMichael I. Harrison,Michael I. Harrison

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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Many managers and organizational leaders face shrinking budgets, growing competition, and changing organizational alliances and missions A bewildering array of new technologies and management techniques offer help in handling these challenges. To respond effectively and avoid wasting resources, decision makers need to diagnose organizational conditions, plan changes carefully, and apply appropriate technologies and management techniques.

The Third Edition of the bestselling Diagnosing Organizations shows how consultants and applied researchers can help decision makers quickly and flexibly diagnose problems and challenges and decide how to deal with them.

Key Features

Models for framing diagnostic problems, identifying underlying conditions, and providing feedback
Methods for gathering and analyzing diagnostic data
Processes for working on a diagnosis with clients and other members of an organization

This thoroughly revised edition can help practitioners of diagnosis directly address concerns that are critical to clients, rather than just provide feedback on current conditions and operations. In an authoritative, yet readable fashion author Michael I. Harrison presents updated treatments of the uses of diagnosis, evaluating organizational effectiveness, improving team performance, planning organization redesign projects, and assessing organization-environment relations and competitive strategy. Also treated are the politics of change management, professional dilemmas, and ethical issues confronting practitioners.

Professors of research methods across the social sciences will find Diagnosing Organizations, Third Edition an invaluable text for their courses. The second edition was widely adopted in departments of Management, Public Health, Nursing, Education, Public Administration, Psychology, Criminal Justice, and many others.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-01-06
Mått:139 x 215 x 20 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Applied Social Research Methods
Antal sidor:192
Upplaga:3
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780761925712

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

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Michael I. Harrison, Ph.D, is a Senior Social Scientist in the Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). He leads Agency activities in Health System Design, manages and contributes to research in delivery systems across the United States, and conducts research on organizational improvement and implementation of system change. His publications include papers in leading health services research journals, Diagnosing Organizations: Methods, Models, and Processes (Sage, 2005), and Implementing Change in Health Systems: Market Reforms in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the Netherlands (SAGE, 2004). He has given presentations and led workshops at scientific and professional conferences throughout the United States and Europe.Dr. Harrison holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan. He was previously a faculty member at the State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, and at Bar Ilan University in Israel; a visiting professor at Boston College and Haifa University; and a visiting scholar at Brandeis University, Georgetown University, Harvard Business School, and the Nordic School of Public Health.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface1. Diagnosis: Approaches and MethodsUses of DiagnosisThree Keys to Successful DiagnosisDiagnosis in Turbulent TimesConclusion and Plan of the Book Exercise2. Open Systems ModelsUsing the Open Systems ApproachGathering and Analyzing DataAssessing Effectiveness Assessing Feasibility of Change and Choosing Appropriate InterventionsExercises3. Assessing Individual and Group BehaviorModel for Diagnosing Individual and Group BehaviorAction Model for Group Task PerformanceDiagnostic Methods and ProceduresExercises4. System Fits and Organizational PoliticsDiagnosing System FitsEmergent Behavior and Culture Versus Official MandatesAssessing the Impacts of Fits and GapsPower and PoliticsExercises5. Environmental RelationsGuidelines for DiagnosisDiagnostic MethodsExercises6. Challenges and Dilemmas of DiagnosisThe Goals DilemmaThe Politics DilemmaThe Professionalism DilemmaConclusionConclusionAppendix A: General Orientation InterviewAppendix B: Instruments for Diagnosis and AssessmentAppendix C: A Guide to Diagnosing Behavior During MeetingsAppendix D: Resources for Developing Expertise in Diagnosis ReferencesIndexAbout the Author