Organizational Health—An Integrated Approach to Building Optimum Performance

Stanford, an organization design and development consultant who works with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and non-profits, supplies organizational consultants and managers with a guide to the elements of an organization that must be maintained in a healthy state for managers to meet their business goals, such as those related to people, behaviors, governance, and other aspects. She demonstrates how to monitor the health of an organization and when and what type of action to take to maintain equilibrium. She addresses organizational structures, systems and processes, control, developing well-being, technologies, physical space, and management, and how the health of each is essential to an organization's overall functioning. She also provides examples of what can happen in practice; indicators of health; tips, actions, and strategies for developing and maintaining good health; exercises; and key messages. Financial health is not covered in depth. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)