ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1993, challenges the accepted and practised methods organizations use to set standards of performance and quantify their achievements. Using in-depth case studies, John Argenti compares the performance of companies with that of non-profit making organizations to reveal remarkable insights into corporate culture. He notes how companies meticulously evaluate their performance, yet behave poorly in society while, in stark contrast, these actions are reversed in non-profit making organizations.

Your Organization: What Is It For? is essential reading for everyone who exercises the role of governance and is responsible for the overall performance and conduct of their organization.

chapter One|12 pages

The problem

chapter Two|18 pages

The solution

chapter Three|15 pages

Organizations: what are they for?

chapter Four|13 pages

The purpose sequence

chapter Five|14 pages

Performance indicators

chapter Six|16 pages

The target sequence

chapter Seven|20 pages

The purpose sequence for companies

chapter Eight|9 pages

The spoilers

chapter Nine|17 pages

The purpose sequence for NPOs

chapter Ten|12 pages

A college and the Girl Guides

chapter Eleven|16 pages

The prisons. Local and national government

chapter Twelve|13 pages

The police. Architects

chapter Thirteen|12 pages

The stakeholder theory

chapter Fourteen|15 pages

The principle of engagement

chapter Fifteen|11 pages

Defective systems of governance

chapter Sixteen|17 pages

The governing directors

chapter Seventeen|22 pages

The management of organizations

chapter Eighteen|19 pages

The consequences of the beneficiary doctrine

chapter Nineteen|70 pages

The governance of nations