CULTURAL CHANGE AT EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT MBA 5603 AUTHORS LIBO CHENG 10104718 YU HUANG 10096617 GLORIA MWINZI 10239352 DATE 16TH June‚ 2012 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 INTRODUCTION 4 BACKGROUND 4 Change event 5 Scope 5 Justification of the change 5 Research questions 6 LITERATURE REVIEW 6 Type of change 6 Model of change 7 Hard System Model of Change 7 Soft System Model of Change 7 Drivers of
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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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OD and Change The Message Is Clear - Change Or Disappear “There’s no off season anymore” - Nolan Ryan “You miss 100% of the shots you never take” - Wayne Gretsky “Somebody has to do something‚ and its just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.” - Jerry Garcia‚ the Grateful Dead CHANGE - AN ONGOING PROCESS Companies no longer have a choice‚ they must change to survive. Unfortunately‚ people tend to resist change. It is not easy to change an organization‚ let alone an individual. This
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Change Management within an Organizational Structure Business is about creating an organization that will develop and implement changes that will lead to growth and success. Organizational change is not easy‚ but is an integral part that often allows the company and its employees to be prosperous. Dealing with change requires management to understand internal and external driving forces that create organizational change. A company needs to strategically devise a theory based plan that will
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|ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND STRESS MANAGEMENT | LEARNING OBJECTIVES After 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
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“Change involves a choice to alter one’s view of others and their world” Change is inevitable‚ it can not just simply be ceased however as individuals‚ we are given the choice on what we make of it and how we allow it to alter our view of others and the world around us. The choice made on how the world is seen and how its occupants are as well can have a significant impact on someone’s life and shape the type of person that this individual becomes. As evident in the following texts‚ Enter Without
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INTRODUCCION Eastman Kodak sufre un significativo declive en su cuota de Mercado a manos de productores de marcas de bajo precio y marcas propias. Este caso presenta la propuesta de George Fisher‚ CEO de Kodak para lanzar una nueva marca economica para combatir esos rivales. Categorizada por Fortune 500 con $20 millones en ganancias en 1994‚ Kodak es una empresa estadounidense dedicada a proveer equipos de fotografia y suministros. Hoy en dia‚ la compania involucra cada vez mas la tecnologia digital
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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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PROPOSAL THE KEY INDICATORS OR FACTORS IN THE MOTIVATION OF EMPLOYESS- A CASE STUDY OF GHANA PORTS AND HARBOUR AUTHORITY BY DOGBEY K. GERSHON ( AC/09/WDS/1064) Abstract The study examined the ranked importance of motivational factors of employees at The Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority Human Resource Department‚Research and Public Relation Department. The hand-delivered descriptive survey addressed ten motivating factors in the context of employee motivation theory. Findings suggest interesting
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| Motivation in Economic Downturn for Surviving Employees | Awesome | Julia Gao Helen HuHannah Hung Chimeme Pan Johnson SunMandy WongYidi YuElaine Zhu | | 4/15/2013 | | Motivation in Economic Downturn for Surviving Employees 1. Executive summary The global economy experiences a downturn every five to ten years nowadays. During such financial crises‚ organizations might have to face the issue of lay-off in order to reduce cost and survive from the downturn. Apart from the negative
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