high performance organizations
LITERATURE REVIEW
A High Performance Organization is an organization that achieves results that are better than those of its peer group over a longer period of time, by being able to adapt well to changes and react on these quickly, by managing for the long term, by setting up an integrated and aligned management structure , by continuously improving its core capabilities, and by truly treating the employees as its main asset. We can also define High Performance Organization as the combination of self-managing work teams, employee involvement, total quality management, flexible production practices, and a learning orientation.
The following summarizes all the definitions:
(1) Creating flexible, high-performing, learning organizations is the secret to gaining competitive advantage in a world that won’t stand still.
(2) Self-managed teams and decentralization of decision making as the basic principles of organizational design.
(3) Employee involvement, participative management, democratic management, and total quality management.
(4) Extraordinary capable people, working in teams, equipped with proper technology, focused on satisfying the customer and improving work processes.
In today’s age of extreme competition and increasing demands, managers of modern organizations are expected to excel. As it is the task of every manager to realize the goals of the organization by achieving outstanding performance in the organizational unit he or she is responsible for, managers are under great pressure to deal effectively with trends and developments.
The management of organizations is primarily interested in those factors that are important for achieving consistently good results. 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 ,can guide managers as to which actions
A High Performance Organization is an organization that achieves results that are better than those of its peer group over a longer period of time, by being able to adapt well to changes and react on these quickly, by managing for the long term, by setting up an integrated and aligned management structure , by continuously improving its core capabilities, and by truly treating the employees as its main asset. We can also define High Performance Organization as the combination of self-managing work teams, employee involvement, total quality management, flexible production practices, and a learning orientation.
The following summarizes all the definitions:
(1) Creating flexible, high-performing, learning organizations is the secret to gaining competitive advantage in a world that won’t stand still.
(2) Self-managed teams and decentralization of decision making as the basic principles of organizational design.
(3) Employee involvement, participative management, democratic management, and total quality management.
(4) Extraordinary capable people, working in teams, equipped with proper technology, focused on satisfying the customer and improving work processes.
In today’s age of extreme competition and increasing demands, managers of modern organizations are expected to excel. As it is the task of every manager to realize the goals of the organization by achieving outstanding performance in the organizational unit he or she is responsible for, managers are under great pressure to deal effectively with trends and developments.
The management of organizations is primarily interested in those factors that are important for achieving consistently good results. 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 ,can guide managers as to which actions