studying this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Describe forces that act as stimulants to change. 2. Summarize sources of individual and organizational resistance to change. 3. Describe Lewin’s three-step change model. 4. Explain the values underlying most OD efforts 5. Identify properties of innovative organizations. 6. List characteristics of a learning organization. 7. Define knowledge management and explain its importance. 8. Describe potential sources of stress. 9. Explain individual
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|Symbolic Interpretive |Critical Theory | |Focus of Organisation |Finding universal laws‚ methods and techniques |Deconstructing organisational texts; |Describing how people give meaning and order to|Developing the intellectual ‘tools’ to ‘unmask’| |Theory |of organisation and control‚ favours rational |destabilising managerial ideologies and |their experience within specific contexts‚
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A famous man once said‚ “ How beautiful is youth‚ that is always slipping away! Whoever wants to be happy‚ let him so: of tomorrow there is no knowing” (High Minds). From the time Lorenzo was born‚ he was influenced by a wealthy political family.Lorenzo made great contribution in the arts‚ politics and education. Lorenzo de’ Medici is known for his knowledgeable youth‚ decisions that allowed for the best results for the people of Florence and being a patron of well-known artists that included
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The most important step to start the research project is finding a research problem and there are many important steps that can be taken to turn a question into a research problem that readers think is worth of solving. There are two types of problem‚ Practical and research problem. Practical problems lead to research problems‚ and the answers are planned to help solve the practical problem. Practical problem are significant therefore it should not be ignored because ignoring it can lead
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hierarchy‚ various departments and their functions. This study proved to be fruitful by familiarizing us to the organization and at the same time it also helped us to create practical awareness. The Handicraft Development Corporation is to be selected for undergoing the organizational study for the following reasons: • Trivandrum Handicraft Development Corporation is the head office. • In this organization has goodwill in general public. • Handicrafts have a major role in Tourism Sector. 1
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Step 1 Determine why the research is taking place. A market research proposal must explain the purpose of the research. The abstract at the beginning of the proposal will explain the goals of the research as well as any theories the research is attempting to prove. Step 2 Identify the information needed for the research. Explain the type of research information that is necessary to serve the purpose identified in step one. For example‚ if the research is on television viewing habits‚ one type
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The Incas were a truly interesting race of people with a unique culture and religion. Though they lived long ago‚ we can still uncover information about their lives through the artifacts they left behind. These relics enable us to better understand their cultural development‚ and allow us to take a glimpse into their lives all those years ago. Many of the artifacts were directly traced to their cultural roots. One fascinating treasure was called the quena‚ a musical instrument invented by the Incas
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The world from 1760 and 1914 went through important events. Three of them are the most important and stand out the most—industrialization‚ political disorder‚ and diffusing Western ideas to other places‚ like the United States. Enlightenment thinkers wished to change the government by basing it on something like that of a democracy (voting). Others wanted change economically and technologically. They wished for a policy to encourage industry. In commercialization‚ business people improved tremendously
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For Enlightenment‚ instead of always trying to accept social problems‚ they always tried to solve them. And the Enlightenment led to conflict because it threatened important social regions. There were philosophers‚ one was John Locke. He believed that people weren’t born good or evil. Locke also agreed with Hobbes that governments were formed through some type of social contract. Another one was Baron de Montesquieu. He believed that the way to spread this goal was by separate power so that not one
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Blackberry Description of the Product Blackberry is a line of Smartphone developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) since 2002. Blackberry can serve as a personal digital assistant with push e-mail‚ calendar‚ memo pad‚ and task list capabilities. Blackberry possesses an easy navigating interface and is famous for its easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard along with the intuitive trackball. In recent years‚ facing the fierce competitions from Apple and Nokia‚ RIM improves Blackberry’s
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