Diagnosing Organizations (Anatomy of the World of Business:) (Volume 4)

Diagnosing Organizations is the forth book out of seven from the Anatomy of the World of Business series, designed as a hands-on program to provide business executives with a chance to refresh and up-date their knowledge to succeed in running, managing, and operating practically any business with a little adjustment to business size and type. Discussions of Book 4 Diagnosing Organizations collaborate on organizational development, including diagnosing organizations. Book includes an expla-nation how OD consultant examines the unique organizational context through following five areas: "(1) Organizational environment, (2) Organizational rela-tionships; (3) Competitive environment, (4) Strategic challenges, and (5) Performance improvement system. A real-world company has chosen for investigation of problem to show how executives may assess and improve leadership, organizational culture, and resolve the problem. An organizational development report in the second chapter provides executives of the same organization with findings and recommendations regarding improvement of performance issues, based on investigation of leaders and employees responses to questionnaire. Book is concluded with Discussion Questions accompanied by authors starting responses.