Clinical Sociology Review

Article Title

The Organization as a Person: Analogues for Intervention

Authors

John G. Bruhn, Penn State Harrisburg

Abstract

Attempting to understand an organization as though it were a person can offer insights into how organizations grow, develop, prosper, falter, and regenerate or decline. Several analogues are offered to be used as an addition to a consultant's approach in determining what is right and wrong with an organization in planning an appropriate intervention, if needed. The author suggests that a clinical sociologist has a role in promoting the health of organizations and in preventing problems, as well as in intervening to solve problems.

Recommended Citation

Bruhn, John G. (1997) "The Organization as a Person: Analogues for Intervention," Clinical Sociology Review: Vol. 15: Iss. 1, Article 7.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/csr/vol15/iss1/7