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Systemic consulting for organizational health development: theory and practice


Bauer, Georg F; Lehmann, Katharina; Blum-Rüegg, Anita; Jenny, Gregor (2014). Systemic consulting for organizational health development: theory and practice. In: Bauer, Georg F; Hämmig, Oliver. Bridging occupational, organizational and public health : a transdisciplinary approach. Dordrecht: Springer, 117-132.

Abstract

The present chapter outlines the practical steps of a targeted organizational health development (OHD) process. It summarizes the theoretical background of capacity building (CB) for OHD of the previous chapter X and introduces principles of consulting based on systems theory as a useful practical approach to CB in organizations. It then shows how this theoretical background transfers into practice. The initiation phase includes contracting between the consultant/client system, developing a project architecture that specifies which perspective is involved in which phase of the project, and finally building competence of managers of the organization for going through the second phase of a participatory optimization/renewal process with their teams. This second phase builds on existing team structures and applies a common four-step project cycle of analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. For each of these steps of systemic consulting it is specified how it contributes to CB for OHD in organizations – supporting practical implementation and theory-driven evaluation of this approach.

Abstract

The present chapter outlines the practical steps of a targeted organizational health development (OHD) process. It summarizes the theoretical background of capacity building (CB) for OHD of the previous chapter X and introduces principles of consulting based on systems theory as a useful practical approach to CB in organizations. It then shows how this theoretical background transfers into practice. The initiation phase includes contracting between the consultant/client system, developing a project architecture that specifies which perspective is involved in which phase of the project, and finally building competence of managers of the organization for going through the second phase of a participatory optimization/renewal process with their teams. This second phase builds on existing team structures and applies a common four-step project cycle of analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. For each of these steps of systemic consulting it is specified how it contributes to CB for OHD in organizations – supporting practical implementation and theory-driven evaluation of this approach.

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Item Type:Book Section, not_refereed, further contribution
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI)
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > General Medicine
Language:English
Date:2014
Deposited On:08 Jan 2014 15:32
Last Modified:30 Nov 2022 14:01
Publisher:Springer
ISBN:978-94-007-5640-3
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5640-3_8