Flourishing Organizations
In this paper, I seek to answer the following question: <em>What makes organizations flourish?</em> My ontological standpoint is that organizations are living, open systems created and developed by people who are unceasingly and dynamically evolving, learning and developing. Appreciative...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics
2017-12-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics |
| Online Access: | http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/IP034LL17.pdf
|
| _version_ | 1818961638444761088 |
|---|---|
| author | Maria Jakubik |
| author_facet | Maria Jakubik |
| author_sort | Maria Jakubik |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | In this paper, I seek to answer the following question: <em>What makes organizations flourish?</em> My ontological standpoint is that organizations are living, open systems created and developed by people who are unceasingly and dynamically evolving, learning and developing. Appreciative inquiry (hereafter AI), as a form of action research, changes the focus from problem solving to developing organizations based on their strengths. The life-giving forces of 29 organizations in Finland were ascertained during a four-year period of research. Groups of Master's students collected and analysed qualitative data from 319 interviews, where they asked "unconditional positive questions". This paper presents a synthesis of the findings of these students' inquiries. The findings assert that discovering what provides joy and happiness for people in work serves as a strong basis for them to dream, design and maximize their own and their organization's destiny in the future. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-20T12:16:37Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-682b21e2cd914d4a97a5a8a10696fe35 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1690-4524 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-20T12:16:37Z |
| publishDate | 2017-12-01 |
| publisher | International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics |
| spelling | doaj.art-682b21e2cd914d4a97a5a8a10696fe352022-12-21T19:41:06ZengInternational Institute of Informatics and CyberneticsJournal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics1690-45242017-12-011566172Flourishing OrganizationsMaria JakubikIn this paper, I seek to answer the following question: <em>What makes organizations flourish?</em> My ontological standpoint is that organizations are living, open systems created and developed by people who are unceasingly and dynamically evolving, learning and developing. Appreciative inquiry (hereafter AI), as a form of action research, changes the focus from problem solving to developing organizations based on their strengths. The life-giving forces of 29 organizations in Finland were ascertained during a four-year period of research. Groups of Master's students collected and analysed qualitative data from 319 interviews, where they asked "unconditional positive questions". This paper presents a synthesis of the findings of these students' inquiries. The findings assert that discovering what provides joy and happiness for people in work serves as a strong basis for them to dream, design and maximize their own and their organization's destiny in the future.http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/IP034LL17.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Maria Jakubik Flourishing Organizations Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics |
| title | Flourishing Organizations |
| title_full | Flourishing Organizations |
| title_fullStr | Flourishing Organizations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flourishing Organizations |
| title_short | Flourishing Organizations |
| title_sort | flourishing organizations |
| url | http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/IP034LL17.pdf
|
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mariajakubik flourishingorganizations |