High Performing Organizations
the characteristics of a high performance organisation
The foundations of nirvana
the characteristics of a high performance organisation
dr. André a. de waal mba
This paper, ‘The Foundations of Nirvana’, constitutes both the end and the beginning of the Nirvana research project. In 2003 and 2004 I published two research papers on the future of the performance management cycle. The aim of both papers was to describe how an organisation could achieve the status of ‘Nirvana’, the situation in which a company’s performance management cycle is both efficient and effective, where
everyone in the enterprise works to achieve the same goals, and where all employees are performance-driven.
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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A HIGH PERFORMANCE ORGANISATION
by A.A. de Waal
Paper for the British Academy of Management, September 2005
Under the pressure of ever increasing demands of the external environment and stakeholders, organizations are more and more looking for the elements that make up high performance. An analysis of 91 studies into high performance organizations yielded characteristics with regard to the organizational design, structure, processes, technology, leadership, people, and culture, and the external environment which seem to influence the ability of organizations to achieve high performance. These characteristics can guide managers as to which actions they need to take to lead their organizations to superior results.
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De high performing organisatie
Dat veel bedrijven suboptimaal presteren is geen nieuws. Productiefouten, communicatieproblemen en misverstanden, ziekteverzuim, personeelsverloop,....
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CharacteristicsofHPOs.pdf
