World Health Organization

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In this article, the writer notes that the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has an explicitly delineated aim of promoting world health and overall social good. But, the writer points out, as the state of world health is in constant change, the organization has changed as well. The writer discusses that under its new director, the W.H.O. organization has attempted to reformulate and regroup to better meet contemporary international health demands. The writer then examines when analyzing changes to the bureaucratic structure, as seen through G. Burrell and G. Morgan's four paradigms for the analysis of social theory, what perspective the new leader really subscribes to and whether his viewpoint is really so new, after all.

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"The Radical Humanist Paradigm or subjective-radical change rubric is equally subjective, but has a more assertively political rather than psychological focus. Social theorists from this paradigm are mainly concerned with analyzing perceived social constraints and to liberate human beings so they can realize their full potential. Dominant ideologies and organizations are not rational, nor inevitable; rather they only separate people from their individual identity. The contrasting Radical Structuralist Paradigm or objective-radical change paradigm supports organizational expansion and sees people as groups rather than as individuals. It believes that inherent structural conflicts within society perpetuates inequities and generate constant political and economic crises that are not inevitable or rational. Change is rational, not upholding the status quo."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Burrell, G., & Morgan, G. (1979). Sociological Paradigms and Organizational Analysis. New York: Heinemann, 1979: 137. Retrieved 29 Jan 2007 at http://faculty.babson.edu/krollag/org_site/org_theory/Scott_articles/burrell_morgan.html
• "Governance." (2006). World Health Organization Official Website. Retrieved 29 Jan 2007 athttp://www.who.int/governance/en/
• Working for Health: A Publication of the World Health Organization. (2006). World Health Organization Official Website. Retrieved 29 Jan 2007 at http://www.who.int/about/brochure_en.pdf

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