Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose, from the way in which an allopathic physician makes a diagnosis of a person’s health, an organizational diagnosis metaphor that can contribute in the search for an increasingly more integral way of qualifying an organization as healthy. Design/methodology/approach – The methodological approach is essentially functional and is based on the cyber...

among the most important sources of competitive advantage, is creating and developing strategic alignment competency. strategic alignment, literally, is an abstract and qualitative concept. and a qualitative concept while not been quantified and operationalized, does not worth paying attention practically. this article basing on a general formula and taking systems dynamics approach, suggests a...

introduction: delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis increases the risk of death and enhances the transmission of disease in the community. this study aims to determine the patient and health service delay and factors affecting it in tuberculosis diagnosis. materials & methods: a cross-sectional survey that included all the public health centers was conducted in markazi province from march 2009...

AIM To use the available literature to identify the causes of suicide among indigenous adolescents. METHOD The PRECEDE model provided a framework to organize the material and identify the areas where relatively little research had been reported. RESULTS The epidemiological diagnosis showed that suicide was greater in indigenous than non-indigenous populations and particularly high among ado...

the purpose of this study was to compare the pathological components of organizational performance in successful and unsuccessful sports federations. the research method was comparative study in which data was collected by field study method. the sample size was equated with the population which consisted of 127 employees of successful federations including wrestling, rowing and water skiing, w...

Organizational voice and silence are two intertwined strategies in organizations. Organizational voice is an appropriate communicational tool in order to improve the organization. On the other hand, silence can have destructive effects on the decision-making process and organizational changes. Organizational culture is the important factor which facilitates ways of expressing ideas by employees...