In common with other elements of the public sector, local government organisations are being required to achieve ever increasing performance targets. Responding effectively to such demands is likely to be influenced by, and to influence, the underlying state of health of the organisation....

Absenteeism from work may be viewed as a viral infection which adversely affects, and is affected by, the overall health of the organisational system. Thus it is argued that in developing an effective treatment for this bug, it is essential that the underlying causes of the condition are...