UNIT 3 RESISTANCE TO CHANGE An important element of any change initiative which is resistance to change LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Define resistance to change. 2. Explain the life cycle of resistance to change. 3. Discuss the causes of resistance. 4. Describe the strategies to manage resistance. * WHAT IS RESISTANCE TO CHANGE? Change creates anxiety‚ uncertainty and stress‚ even for those managing change Seldom are there any guarantees that the new approach will work - will deliver the
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individuals in societies are not equal it expresses the attitude of the culture towards these inequalities amongst us. Power distance is defined as the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed in equally. India scores high on this dimension‚ 77‚ indicating an appreciation for hierarchy and a Top – Down Structure in society and Organizations. If one were to encapsulate the Indian attitude‚ one could use the
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Examine how social‚ historical and spatial constructions of childhood and or youth inform the design‚ practices and values of a selected institution of childhood or young people. Childhood is not a biological state‚ unlike infancy (Postman) it is a construction placed upon a group of humans by society (James and Prout). Differing societies have different views of what a child is and should be. The ideas surrounding children and childhood not only differ within different societies there are also
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A manager needs to understand the interdependency of departments‚ internal partnerships‚ and the influence of power and politics to effectively manage across the organization. Effective managers use various political tactics to increase their power within the organization to coordinate and support the work of their peers and subordinates to meet company objectives. Managers regularly acquire and use power. Power-oriented behavior has an impact on managerial career progress‚ on job performance‚ on
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trajectories. One such new trajectory is the concern with national culture. Whereas traditional IB research has been concerned with economic/legal issues and organizational forms and structures‚ the importance of national culture – broadly defined as values‚ beliefs‚ norms‚ and behavioural patterns of a national group – has become increasingly important in the last two decades‚ largely as a result of the classic work of Hofstede (1980). National culture has been shown to impact on major business activities‚
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MULTICULTURALS IN GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS MULTICULTURAL EMPLOYEES: GLOBAL BUSINESS’ UNTAPPED RESOURCE Executive Summary Despite rapid growth in the number of multicultural employees‚ few global organizations are tapping the potential of their employees with more than one culture. Some organizations may be unaware of the skills they possess‚ or may even see them as a source of problems. Others may lack the procedures
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Attitudes How Attitudes Form‚ Change and Shape Our Behavior What Is an Attitude? Attitudes are defined as a learned tendency to evaluate things in a certain way‚ by Psychologists‚ which can also include the evaluations of people‚ issues‚ objects or events. These evaluations can either often be positive or negative. These can also be uncertain at times such as‚ an individual might have mixed feelings about a particular person or issue. It is also suggested by researchers that there are several
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Impact of FII (foreign institutional investors) on Indian stock market. We examined the nature and extent of linkage between FII and the Indian stock markets. The study uses the correlation to study impact of daily closing price for the BSE from April 2006 to June 2010 with 1530 observation. The results were in support of the hypothesis that the BSE was an impact of FII. The T-test results were in support of the hypothesis having impact of FII. However‚ as the effect of economic liberalizations
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and diversified culture makes us unique from other country. The multi-ethnic social construct of different races from Malay or Bumiputras‚ Chinese and Indian are the 3 main prominent races that dominate the society. There are also other ethnic groups called the Orang Asli‚ which means aboriginals of the land. In Sarawak and Sabah‚ the largest aboriginal tribes are the Ibans and Kadarzan. With multi ethnic group living together in society‚ we learn and understand others’ culture‚ values‚ belief
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Resource: Virtual Organizations Click the Virtual Organization link on the student website to access the Virtual Organizations. Select one of the Virtual Organizations as the basis for the assignment. - lets decide on this soon since Ms. Angela has to approve this selection. Obtain faculty approval of your selected organization before beginning the assignment. Access the information contained in your selected organization’s balance sheet and income statement to calculate the following:
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