The limits of control: A systemic, model- based approach to changing organisations towards better health

Salutogenic Organizations and Change: The Concepts Behind Organizational Health Intervention Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 167-187

  Bauer, Georg F ^a   Jenny, Georg J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Organisational health development; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956567159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6470-5_10     Document Type: Chapter

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