Book Review “Leading Change” by John Kotter 1996 Review by Chris Shea John P. Kotter is internationally known and widely regarded as the foremost speaker on the topics of leadership and change. He is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually achieve successful transformations. The Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership‚ Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and a graduate of MIT and Harvard‚ Kotter’s vast experience and knowledge on successful change and leadership have
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patient care. Beginning with the background‚ followed by the relevance of the model to nursing practice‚ and concludes with an exploration of the Doctor of Nursing Practice competencies that would support a practice change. To illustrate use of the Kotter manner‚ a created example is used to illustrate how the steps related to a needed nursing practice change. The investigation of the model presented in this paper supports the potential usefulness of the model in facilitating a needed practice improvement
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each part of the organization. The pressure of being a manager is not as easy as what people think‚ they tend to be efficient and effective in the same time. In an article in the Harvard Business Review‚ “What effective general managers really do”‚ (Kotter‚ 2000) examined the reality of what many managers really do that seems inefficient and contrasting what Henry Mintzberg has pointed out. He found out that their activities are mostly unplanned‚ sometimes seems to be unimportant and they do lots of
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King Arthur By the ninth century people all over were telling the fabulous tales and romances about Arthur and his kingdom. The common people heard them sung by bards‚ while in the court poets wrote different versions. In each retelling the speaker would select certain details for emphasis and introduce new elements‚ so that the story could be adapted to the particular time and audience. Although most historians believe that there actually did exist an Arthur‚ they differ on how major his role
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Technological Advancements Benefit Humanity Change in technology happens rapidly on a daily basis. As Schlesinger expresses‚ “The last two lifetimes have seen more scientific and technological achievement that the first 798 put together”(Schlesinger 41). Whether it deals with cars‚ travel‚ medicine‚ media‚ or a host of other topics‚ advancements in technology are occurring all around us. It is up to us whether to accept these changes or not. Many believe that change in technology is a hindrance
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Organizational Behavior and Management: We Go Hand and Hand Submitted by LaTascha Durden Prepared for Betty Rottman MNGT 5590 Organizational Behavior Summer 2013 Webster University 20 July 2013 INTRODUCTION According to Kotter and Cohen‚ change is successful when you make people feel differently. How one feels or their perception of their work environment will impact production‚ efficiency‚ and retention. Emphasis is placed on the “see-feel-change” dynamic. Within many
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Federal Reserve System: Purposes and Functions (5th ed.) Published by Library of Congress Author Unknown (1994). The Federal Reserve System: Purposes and Functions (8th ed.) Retrieved Feb 3‚ 2005. http://www.federalreserve.gov/pf/pdf/frspf1.pdf Schlesinger‚ A.M. (1989). The Federal Reserve System. (pp. 41-45‚ 75). Chelsea House Publishers http://www.dallasfed.org/fed/understand.html http://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/pleng/history.html http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1052.html
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Historical Theory and Jackson’s Frontier As explained in this chapter of Davidson and Lytle’s After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection‚ a historical theory is not necessarily a clear and definite principle about something‚ rather it is an untested hypothesis. Historians incorporate many factors into their theories to help explain events and support their hypotheses‚ and these focuses affect their basic understanding of history. This is commonly referred to as “Grand Theory”—an overall explanation
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Decisions and Fiascos‚ 2nd ed.‚ Houghton Mifflin‚ Boston‚ MA. Judson‚ A. (1966)‚ A Managers Guide to Making Changes‚ John Wiley & Sons‚ London. Kaufman‚ H. (1971)‚ The Limits of Organisational Change‚ University of Alabama Press‚ Tuscaloosa‚ AL. Kotter‚ J. Schlesinger‚ L. and Sathe‚ V (1986)‚ . Organisation‚ 2nd ed‚ Irwin‚ Homewood‚ IL. Lawrence‚ P. (1954)‚ “How to deal with resistance to change”‚ Harvard Business Review‚ MayJune‚ pp. 49-57. Leigh‚ A. (1988)‚ Effective Change‚ Institute of Personnel Management
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Abstract This paper compares and contrasts the concepts found on John P. Kotter’s‚ Leading Change (1996)‚ book and the concepts presented by John M. Ivancevich‚ Robert Konopske and Michael T. Mattenson’s Organizational Behavior and Management text book. Kotter emphasizes in each step the importance of dealing with human emotions and how to better manage them when dealing with organizational change. The biggest asset to an organization is their human resources. To an organization this simply means that
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