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 a critical look at 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. Yitzhak 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.
Although primarily intended for students and scholars in the
social and behavioral sciences who are familiar with the study and
the practice of organizations, this book's informal style makes it
easily accessible to a wide range of readers. Just as Samuel's
previous book on organizational politics led to new lines of
research and theory, this book will encourage similar studies in
organizational pathology and institutional malaise.
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