Organisational health: A framework for checking your organisation's fitness for success

Saunders, Ian; Barker, Steve

doi:10.1080/714042498

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“…The environmental dimension should also include the enablers. This element aims at determining whether adequate structures and processes are available to undertake the project (Saunders & Baker, ). Here, it is a question of ensuring that the implemented mechanisms can drive the project to a successful outcome.…”

Section: Conceptual Model To Assess An Organization's Preparedness Ormentioning

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Identifying an analytical tool to assess the readiness of aid information and communication technology projects

Kaba

2019

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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It has been established that information and communication technologies (ICTs) empower the informal sector. However, according to a study, a number of barriers such as affordability, availability, and access lead to the informal sector being a lowtech environment. Thus, aid agencies and African governments have made notable efforts to promote the spread and use of ICT in Africa in order to support sustainable development in African countries. These initiatives are managed on a project basis.Unfortunately, the success rate of development aid projects is relatively low. Several explanations have been given for these failures. We performed a conceptual analysis where we identify the important drivers that should be considered when assessing the likelihood of success of these projects, namely, project readiness, before such projects are implemented. The analytical framework that is proposed will contribute to the success of ICT projects.

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Section: Conceptual Model To Assess An Organization's Preparedness Ormentioning

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Identifying an analytical tool to assess the readiness of aid information and communication technology projects

Kaba

2019

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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“…Cummings and Worley (1997) considered ODI a systemic approach to the behavioural understanding of organized advancement and reinforcement of organizational objectives, principles and practices for improving an organization's effectiveness. Other authors have suggested that organizational effectiveness, conducive organizational health and quality of working life emerge as important outcomes of organization development (Brache, 2001;Saunders & Barker, 2001). Some other approaches define ODI in terms of cultural and values development (Beck & Cowan, 1996;Cowan & Todorovic, 2000;Gibb, 2003) as opposed to behavioural effectiveness.…”

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Organization Development Intervention: A Case of an Educational Institution

Jha

Jain

2018

Global Business Review

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The purpose of the research was to study the intra-organizational trust and organization development intervention process for an educational institution. Researchers started with measuring trust level among respondents as a diagnosis exercise. The practice was initiated with the notion that any organizational intervention will not be successful if participants do not have trust in themselves (intra-organizational trust). Questionnaire measuring three factors of trust, namely, integrity, benevolence and competence, was used to measure the degree of trust among respondents. The finding illustrates differences among four groups of respondents having different trust levels and possible intervention post-diagnosis exercise. There is a shortage of study regarding understanding intervention practices in the higher educational institution. The article presents the diagnostic stage, as well as intervention initiatives, taken.

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“…Traditionally, when organizations show a good financial performance they were regarded healthy. [ 31 32 ] However, several writers have argued about the insufficiency (ability) of the accounting-based financial measurement system to measure the health of organizations. [ 12 28 33 34 35 36 ] According to Saunders and Barker (2001), financial analysis tends to measure consequences of organizational factors and events or circumstances and supported for the examination of those organization factors.…”

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“…[ 12 28 33 34 35 36 ] According to Saunders and Barker (2001), financial analysis tends to measure consequences of organizational factors and events or circumstances and supported for the examination of those organization factors. [ 32 ] A brief description of them follows.…”

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The healthy organization construct: A review and research agenda

Raya

Panneerselvam

2013

Indian J Occup Environ Med

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Work plays an important role in one's life for many reasons. It provides us with economic, social, and personal satisfaction and accounts for a substantial percentage of our waking hours. But in today's knowledge-driven economy, organization of work has been changing at a warp speed as a consequence of economic, social and technological aspects of changes brought down by globalization and liberalization worldwide. While this situation has eliminated some risks of the earlier industrial era, it is introducing others. In such a dynamic business environment, where can business leaders and managers find competitive advantage? It lies in balancing people and performance goals. This is the line of approach for healthy organization research that examines organizational context with regard to: People, work organization, management practices, employee wellbeing and performance. The healthy organization concept proposes that along with the profits, employee's well being should also be an important goal for organizations. In this paper, the researcher undertakes an extensive review of literature in the mainstream business literature and establishes the agenda for healthy organization research among other research paradigms.

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Organisational health: A framework for checking your organisation's fitness for success

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Identifying an analytical tool to assess the readiness of aid information and communication technology projects

Identifying an analytical tool to assess the readiness of aid information and communication technology projects

Organization Development Intervention: A Case of an Educational Institution

The healthy organization construct: A review and research agenda

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