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 Introduction | What is OH? | How is OH Measured? What is Organizational Health? It is an organization's ability to function effectively, to cope adequately, to change appropriately, and to grow from within. Organizational Health, like personal health, may vary from a minimal to a maximal level. Organizational Health includes and is dependent upon the following ten dimensions: GOAL FOCUS is the ability to have clarity, acceptance, and support for goals and objectives. COMMUNICATION ADEQUACY is open two-way communication which travels both vertically and horizontally throughout the unit. POWER EQUALIZATION is the ability to maintain a relatively equitable distribution of influence between team members and their leader. RESOURCE UTILIZATION is the degree to which the leader knows and is able to coordinate the talents of team members with minimal stress. COHESIVENESS is the state when a person, group, or organization has a clear sense of identity. Members feel attracted to the unit, want to stay with it, be influenced by it, and exert their own influence within it. MORALE is the feeling of well-being, satisfaction, and pleasure for a person, group, or organization. INNOVATIVENESS is that ability to be and to allow others to be inventive, diverse, creative, and risk-taking. AUTONOMY is that state in which a person, group, or organization has the freedom to manage those things they believe should be within their sphere of influence. ADAPTATION is that ability to tolerate stress and maintain stability while coping with demands from the external environment. PROBLEM SOLVING ADEQUACY is the organization's ability to perceive problems and to solve them with minimal energy. The problems get solved, stay solved, and the problem-solving mechanism of the organization is maintained and/or strengthened. top | back | next | |||
