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ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT <br />COUNTDOWN 2001's approach to organizational health is to guide and support organizations in <br />their efforts to assess, improve, and maintain their health, rather than treatng isolated symptoms <br />without examining interconnections and underlying causes. We helo organizations diagnose their <br />own health and identify ways in which they can improve it. Prevendr,n, early diagnosis, and <br />connections among subsystems are all elements of this holistic approach to organizational good <br />health <br />QUALITY OF WORK LIFE <br />The concept of qualiry of work life has undergone some significant changes over the last fifteen <br />Yeats —and will condsme to do so. Today, and in the future, it would better be called "qualitivky," a <br />term that incorporates three elements that must be baiancem iu the worl:plare: 1. A c;uatity ser4re or <br />proluct; 2. Improved efficiency and productivity; and 3. A satisfying, safe, and meaningful quality to <br />the working lives of all employees. In the past, these have been viewed as competing and ccrflicting <br />factors —the more you have of one, the less you mush have of die others. It is becoming inexas'ingly <br />clear that these three elements caa--and, in fact, must —be developed in such a way as to balance <br />and support each other. This will be a central theme in coming years —in public and private sectors, <br />I <br />