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Organizational pathology : life and death of organizations / Yitzhak Samuel.
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Samuel, Yitzhak.
New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2012], c2010.
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Organizational effectiveness.
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9781412845847 (pbk.)
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xii, 175 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
A theoretical framework -- Organizational fatality -- Contextual predictors -- Maladies and disorders -- The spiral of decline -- The perils of politics -- Greed and corruption -- Corporate crime -- Crises and fixations -- Failing and surviving -- Disbandment and closure -- Lessons learned.
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"Organizational Pathology draws an extended metaphor that the life cycle of an organization is akin to the biological life cycle. Like all living things, organizations will encounter problems that lead to decline and eventual failure. This work discusses the basic problems and life-threatening diseases responsible for organizations' failure and death, including organizational politics, organizational corruption, and organizational crime. The book also contains critical work on crises and fixations; failure and survival; and processes of disbandment and closure of dying organizations." "The consideration of these issues follows a diagnostic model of failure. Samuel argues that if the problems that lead to failure can be predicted or diagnosed early, their severity can be assessed and possible remedies can be implemented to avoid escalating crises. At the very least, an understanding of why and how decline happens can be gained from this analysis. This book offers facts about the causes and consequences of organizational downfall and clues about diagnoses of certain symptoms of abnormal behavior, and how to identify early signs of decline or failure. In order to illustrate these abstract arguments and concepts, Samuel uses various real-life examples of events that have occurred in cross-country contexts. In this way, Organizational Pathology: Life and Death of Organizations should serve a variety of readers."--BOOK JACKET.
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