The book offers a connected perspective not only on the professional but also on the societal conditions of today's work processes and examines their potentially exhausting effects. Renowned scholars and practitioners with extensive experience in their respective fields illuminate the operational and institutional functions, practices, and conditions of modern organizations from economic, sociological, and psychological viewpoints. The resulting analysis of "exhausting" organizations complements the current discussion of the burnout syndrome, which tends to view the phenomenon more from an individual, medical-pathological perspective, by adding an important systemic perspective. Additionally, preventive and curative approaches are clearly outlined.