Healthy organization: metaphors, myths and reality

Abstract

A Review of the book by Oleg Konovalov “Organizational anatomy. How to manage a company with surgical precision”. Transl. from English. M.: RIPOL classic, 2017. - 250 p. The publisher’s summary: “Organizational Anatomy” discusses a new management concept that looks at organizational processes and functions from a biological point of view. Organizations are analyzed as living organisms. Biological parallels allow you to intuitively understand the complex mechanisms by which work is builtin the company. “Organizational Anatomy” classifies all companies according to archetypes and theprinciple of using resources. The concept offers a complete picture of the life of the organization, allows you to increase productivity, as well as diagnose organizational problems and diseases.