Case Study – “Change at DuPont” Leading Organizational Change Jun 2‚ 2011 Abstract A popular cliché stated that‚ “Nothing is permanent except change”. As such‚ it is imperative for organizations to have a smooth transition from constancy to revolutionary. Organizational Development‚ Appreciative Inquiry‚ and Sense making have a profound embedment on the DuPont scenario‚ and was seen as compatible and synergistic to each other. The scenario shows that these new trends have a better
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Change Model Assignment Imagine that you are an executive for XYZ‚ Inc.‚ a high-end retail chain that sells luxury watches‚ jewelry‚ and hand bags. You’ve just been put in charge of the company’s first international expansion‚ opening a store in Shanghai‚ China. This will be a short-term‚ small-scale change for the organization. After one year‚ you will be expected to begin opening additional stores in Brazil‚ Russia‚ India‚ and China (also known as the B.R.I.C. countries). This will be a
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1. Which of the following is not one of the “stems” of OD? Environmental analysis 2. All OD involves change management‚ but change management may not involve OD True 3. OD was developed for use primarily in business and industrial organizations. False 4. Conclusions about the first T-group experiments were (1) feedback from the group was a rich learning experience and (2) the process could be transferred to “back home situations.” True 5. OD helps members of an organization
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01-September‚ 2006 M/s FAMCO Associates (Pvt) Limited have been appointed as Shares Registrar of the Company. All shareholders should contact M/s FAMCO Associates (Pvt) Limited in connection with day to day transfers‚ verification of transfer deeds‚ change of address‚ zakat declaration‚ dividend mandate and other shares related matters including delivery of definitive share certificates in exchange for the paid Right Allotment Letters or exchange of the old shares with new shares at the following address:
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Most people don’t like change because they don’t like being changed. When change comes into view‚ fear and resistance to change follow. People fight against change because they fear to lose something they value‚ don’t understand the change and its implications don’t think that the change makes sense‚ or find it difficult to cope with either the level or pace of the change. Resistance emerges when there’s a threat to something the individual values. The threat may be real or it may be just a perception
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INNOVATION AND CHANGE 31 A. Define creativity. Explain its relationship to organizational innovation. B. Briefly describe the typical pattern of technology cycles that occurs during technological innovation. C. What are innovation streams? Describe a typical innovation stream. D. How are technology cycles and innovation streams related? E. What are creative work environments? What does a manager need to do to develop and manage creative work environments? Provide examples. INNOVATION
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Organizational Development and Change Chapter Overview The organizational development (OD) tradition is a practitioner-driven intervention-oriented approach to effecting organizational change via individual change‚ with view to increasing effectiveness. It is implemented within a problem-solving model‚ places a heavy accent on survey-based problem diagnosis and subordinates people to a vision of the future. Commitment-based strategies of effecting change assume that the impetus for change must come from the
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Resistance to Change Organizational change is the movement of an organization away from its present state and toward some desired future state to increase its effectiveness. (George et al‚ pg 567) Organizations need to change in the modern day market place. New technologies‚ globalization‚ foreign trade‚ investments and constantly shifting marketplaces demand the need for flexibility‚ adaptation‚ and change. The downside to this is in an organizations employees. People by nature resist change. In a workplace
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Journal of Change Management Vol. 6‚ No. 1‚ 99 –113‚ March 2006 Strategic Management and Organization Development: Planned Change in a Public Sector Organization HARRY SMINIAÃ & ANTONIE VAN NISTELROOIJÃÃ Ã The Management School‚ University of Sheffield‚ UK‚ Ã Ã Department of Administrative and Organization Science‚ Faculty of Social Sciences‚ Vrije Universiteit‚ Amsterdam ABSTRACT This paper reports on a case study on the introduction of organization development (OD) techniques in a traditionally
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Organizational Change Plan Part II University of Phoenix HCS 587 Doria Chege September 5‚ 2011 Organizational Change Plan Part II Change Methods Monitoring change processes during/after implementation determines the effectiveness of the organizational change‚ unsuspected problems and reveal potential solutions to problems that surface during the change. Dr. Lindsey Medical Clinic recently employed a filing staff to sort records‚ file records in accordance with the correct patient
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