18 MANAGING CHANGE Chapter Scan Organizations have to keep pace with current issues related to quality‚ technology‚ diversity‚ globalization‚ and ethics. This requires managing both change and resistance to change. All organizations experience external and internal forces for change. There are numerous organization development interventions available to managers. Diagnosis and needs analysis are essential first steps in any change management effort. LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading
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Review Questions 1.8 1. What is meant by ‘change management’? Change management refers to processes and techniques used to plan‚ implement and evaluate changes in business operations in order to achieve a required objective 2. List four factors that cause change within the organisation. There are six main factors that will influence change: * Customers demand better quality products at competitive prices. Customers may also change their habits and tastes‚ such as the desire to purchase
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“The First Ten Years of the HKSAR: Civil Society Comes of Age.” Asian Pacific Journal of Public Administration 29 (June): 77–98. Cheung‚ Anthony B. L. 2000. “New Interventionism in the Making: Interpreting State Interventions in Hong Kong after the Change of Sovereignty.” Journal of Contemporary China 9 (July): 291-308. Friedmann‚ J. 1998. “The New Political Economy of Planning: The Rise of Civil Society”‚ pp19-35‚ in Douglass‚ M and Friedmann J. (eds.)‚ Cities for Citizens‚ Chichwester: John Wiley
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Resistance to Change Introduction There are many factors that management must consider when planning for organizational change. Employee resistance to change is one of the biggest factors that management must prepare for. If management does not overcome employee resistance to change‚ the organizational change will not be successful. In order to overcome resistance to change‚ management must first diagnose the organization. Diagnosis includes collecting data‚ a dialog of discovery
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Impact of Change Management on Employee Morale and Performance Monica Kodithala (1010790) University Canada West High Level Design Document Professor: Michele Vincenti MBA 522- Research Project January 26th 2013 Impact of Change Management on Employee Morale and Performance This research is conducted on impact on employee morale and performance in change implementation process which is an extension to previous studies conducted in telecommunication sector. This research study is conducted
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Cyclical theory From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The cyclical theory refers to a model used by historian Arthur Schlesinger to attempt to explicate the fluctuations in politics throughout American History. Liberalism and conservatism are rooted in the “national mood” that shows a continuing shift in national involvement between public purpose and private interest. Each of these cycles includes a phase of dominant public interest‚ a transition phase‚ and a phase
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Theory X and Theory Y Douglas McGregor (1906 - 1964) is one of the forefathers of management theory and one of the top business thinkers of all time. He was a social psychologist who became the President of Antioch College. He later became a professor of management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (he was succeeded by Warren Bennis). His book The Human Side of Enterprise (1960) had a profound influence on the management field‚ largely due to his Theory X and Theory Y. McGregor developed
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Introduction | | | | | 1 | | Understanding ’Leadership’ | | | 1 | Self-Estimation | | | | 2 | | Self Assesment | | | | 2 | Generating model for leadership development | 3 | | Leadership Framework | | | 3 | | Leadership Theory | | | | 5 | Development Plan Conclusion | | | 6 | | Leadership Styles | | | | 6 | | Plan Conclusion | | | | 7 | Plan Evaluation | | | | 9 | | Timeframe | | | | 9 | Reference | | | | | 10 | Feedback | | | |
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Social change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society. Social change may include changes in nature‚ social institutions‚ social behaviors‚ or social relations. The base of social change is change in the thought process in humans. Social change may refer to the notion of social progress or sociocultural evolution‚ the philosophical idea that society moves forward by dialectical or evolutionary means. It may refer to a paradigmatic change in the socio-economic structure‚ for instance
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author of this report is an organization development professional (O.D. professionals) who use the behavioral science to maximize the productivity of the company as well as diagnosing problems within the company. O.D. professional is also good at ‘change management’ by helping the company to minimize the risk and resistance when processing large scale transitions. 1.2 Aim and Scope In order to be survive and developed in the market economy‚ companies and organizations must be hardly compete with
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