Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Organizational Climate and Crisis Management

As per our class discussion last week, I have found two really good website articles talking about Organizational Climate and another one for Crisis Management

1. ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESMENT:

This is a really good article that explains a technique in order to better assess organizational climate in order to understand what is better for the company, its employees, and stakeholders.

It focuses on these points:
  • Fundamental care of the employee as an asset
  • Respect for the dignity of the employee and the sensitivities of human beings
  • Full understanding of the realities of business
  • Embracing optimization and improvement
  • Keys to motivation and commitment

Check out this web address for more info:
http://www.qualityvalues.com/organizational_audits/organizational_climate.htm


2. CRISIS MANAGEMENT:

I wanted to present this section from a different angle. Last class when we talked about how to overcome crisis, such as the 9/11 events, we looked at how the markets collapsed and they came back up, then how people re-united and formed an ever stronger nation.

In this very interesting article I read today from USAtoday.com, they are trying to bring back hope to people and also compare the differences and similarities between the Great Depression of the 1930's and today's situation.

It talks about:
  • Unemployment rates
  • Contractions in the economy
  • Uncertainty in the market
But towards the end it makes us reevaluate the situation we are living and gives us hope. I thought you might like it and might relate it to how we have to learn how to manage crisis situations.

Check out the article:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-03-09-depression-spending-lessons_N.htm


Keep hope high,
Jose