Comments on Sick Organizations

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I originally thought there was a template problem because I was getting all sorts of errors showing up in original post, and during editing. I now suspect a faulty internet connection of some sort causing errors in transmission from my computer upwards.

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I was still learning how to use this system, so I put my initial comments, etc. in the comments section of the post. I listed some sites which can further illustrate sick organizations.

There are sick organizations everywhere and include family, business, government, church, charity, education, and all the other types of organizations. Some are so set in their daily procedures they may not recognize there being anything wrong with themselves. However, outsiders, including spouses of employees, can sometimes recognize the problem by some of the signs noted herein, and others not yet listed by other authors and me.

If people treated each other like they want to be treated, there would be less problems. But people being people means there will always be problems of greed, jealousy, hate, intolerance, bigotry, competition, lying, cheating, stealing, using others, bullying, and so on......... Thus there will be sick organizations of varying degrees of sickness everywhere from now on.

If the leaders of an organization can recognize the problems there is a chance for a partial cure. But if there are toxic leaders or supervisors, the sickness will continue as long as they can vent whatever toxins they release into the organization; they must be controlled, re-educated, changed, or dismissed to avoid their toxins. If the management style, etc., of an organization becomes firmly entrenched it can cause the sickness to continue for many years. This can result in an organization that does not seem to have much joy in what they do or does not advance in production or industry standing (reputation).

For those organizations that refuse to recognize, or fix, themselves there is just a continuing stream of turmoil, conflict, distrust, anger, frustration, depression, etc., etc.

Other names/describers we can use for a sick organization are: corrupt, toxic, dysfunctional, corporate personality disorder, etc.

A few examples are:
--- A group that hides or protects pedophiles.
---A political group that would force its will on others by force or ballot-box stuffing.
---An agency giving the political answer rather than the truth to the public.
---A spouse that lies to or cheats on his/her partner (affecting the family as a unit & as a business).
---An organization that appears to delight in "employee control" rather than leading by good example.
 
Adrian R. Lawler,    (C) 2011 --