Final Essay: Leading Through Change ADM 508: Business‚ Analysis‚ and Technology Professor George August 9‚ 2012 Final Essay: Leading Through Change Twentieth Century Novelist Ellen Glasgow is credited with coining the expression “All change is not growth‚ as all movement is not forward.” Throughout ADM 508‚ particularly in the second half of the course‚ we have reviewed the topic of change‚ examined illustrations of change when it doesn’t equal progress‚ and how change applies to various
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Managing and Leading Change Name Institution Managing and Leading Change Introduction Currently‚ organizational change permanent features in business industry. The changes in the technology‚ labor pools‚ and even market have called for exploration of better and efficient ways to run the production (Amis Slack and Hinings‚ 2004). Hence‚ different organizations have employed different advanced strategies to deal with the problems they are facing. Each day‚ the organizational leaders have become
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Problem: The case mainly focuses on the challenges of implementing change programs at Simmons. There is resistance to change. (The sources of resistance are derived from both individuals and organization.) Besides the resistance to change‚ the dominant organizational culture exists within Simmons is not in consistency with the Simmons’ core organizational culture. This inconsistency further hinders the Simmons from implementing change programs smoothly. Simmons is in its toughest period of time ever
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Introduction About Simmons: Simmons‚ founded by Zalmon Gilbert Simmons‚ is a family-run company. In 1875‚ Simmons decided to change their business from wood products to woven wire mattresses‚ which contributed great profits to the company. During 1920s‚ Simmons had been an international firm with factories in Mexico City‚ London‚ and Paris‚ unusual for the era. But in 1978‚ Simmons ceased to be a family-run business. Following this switch came a succession of many owners‚ leaving Simmons unstable
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Australian retail industry‚ but the net profit of David Jones has been decreasing because of the rapid retail environmental changes‚ unhealthy cultures‚ and global online attack. The problems of declining net profit in David Jones are creating make it essential to apply the most suitable change management for company. 1.2 Aim The aim of this report is not only applying the change management theory‚ model‚ and style for David Jones and David Jones’ CEO‚ Paul Zahra‚ but also supporting the arguments
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success of the organisation --The process of making sense of what people are doing together so that people will understand and be committed 2. Leadership & management 1) Leadership functions: Change Inspiration Motivation Influence --having a vision of what the organization can become‚ produce change. --creating different future‚ and having strategy to get there --create organization culture‚ renew values and help others. --focus on people‚ cooperation‚ and teamwork‚ inspiring and motivating
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Zefang Mika Lu Section: 81 Leading Change at Simmons (A) 1. Should Simmons implement the GGOL program? If so‚ how would you justify the $7.2 million investment to the New York investors? If not‚ why not and what would you do instead? The Great Game of Life (GGOL) was the step taken in this regard. The GGOL was a program that was designed to encourage teamwork and enhance team performance. Teams were made to perform tasks that would have
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NUS Business School‚ semester 2 2012/2013 Change Management Leading Culture Change at Seagram Why did Seagram need to Change? Why did it use a values based approach? In the mid-nineties‚ Seagram’s core market‚ the spirits and wine business‚ had stalled. At the same time its CEO‚ Edgar Bronfman Jr. (Bronfman) sold their 25% stake in the chemical giant DuPont. This was the payment from when Seagram’s in 1982 sold the oil company Conoco to DuPont. This stake in DuPont‚ by 1995‚ represented
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Project: Leading Strategies change at DaVita: The Integration of the Gambro Acquisition Course: MGT 215 Submitted: 7thDecember‚ 2011 Acknowledgement ………………………………………………7 Introduction………………………………………………………..8 Synopsis…………………………………………………………9-20 Conclusion…………………………………………………………...23 Bibliography………………………………………………………….24 Acknowledgement I would like to
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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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