Concord Bookshop Organizational Change Leticia Gonzalez‚ RN‚ BSN University of Phoenix Creating Change within Organizations HCS/587 September 27‚ 2012 Linda G. Seale‚ RN‚ MSN‚ MBA‚ PHN Concord Bookshop Organizational Change Today’s organizations are facing many challenges such as threats of inflation‚ deflation‚ and recession resulting worsening the economy of the United States. According to Borkowski (2005) and Spector (2010)‚ they state that the economy worldwide is very difficult nowadays
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an organization does not adapt to the changes it lead to crisis. Similar crisis and downturn were faced by Concord Bookshop. The store is a 64-year-old independent store and regarded as one of the best in New England. It was a successful business both financially and reputation vise. It was the unity and excellent coordination between the various members of the bookstore that earned Concord a distinct position from its counterparts and provided it leverage over others. The bookstore that was once
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Concord Paper Deejah Klein HCS 587 December 24‚ 2012 Introduction Change is inevitable. According to Borkowski (2005)‚ “change is a very complex phenomenon involving the multiplicity of man’s motivations in both micro and macro systems and that man gets satisfied with his equilibrium and is resistant to changing his status quo.” Most organizational efforts will be met by resistance. The Concord Bookshop is initiating a change due to the store’s financial situation. The President of the bookshop
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Phases of Change and the Concord Bookshop HCS/587 Creating Change Within Organizations Phases of Change and the Concord Bookshop The need for organizational change is inevitable. Technological advances‚ variations in the consumer marketplace‚ and evidence-based research dictate that in order for an organization to remain viable‚ it needs to be amenable to change. This does not mean‚ however‚ that organizations change effectively (Spector‚ 2010). Scientists have
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The people of Concord experienced colonial imperialism much differently than those who lived in Boston. Unlike Boston‚ Concord was not a major port city. It also did not have British regulars present on a daily basis. Concordians had many problems within their own borders they were more concerned with than the events caused by the colonies strained relationship with Britain (Robert A Gross‚ Minutemen and Their World. Page 10). This is not to say Concord did not take part in colonial activities to
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The Concord Bookstore Paper Maria Krajewska-Brown Creating Change Within Organization-HCS/587 02/19/2013 Evelyn Moorman Abstract This paper discusses the change process in the small‚ privately owned Concord Bookstore in Concord‚ New England. As much as we know about the bookstore‚ we understand that the change process initiated by the president of the company did not get a positive response from the personnel and created a cascade of undesired events with employees leaving the company and
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Concord Bookshop Paper Angie Torres HCS/587 June 19‚ 2012 Steve Young‚ BS‚ MBA‚ Ph.D. Concord Bookshop Paper Organizational change means many things. It can mean introducing a new enterprise resource planning system to coordinate and standardize internal processes‚ shutting down a factory‚ selling off a noncore business‚ or laying off employees. It could also mean entering a global market‚ integrating acquired companies‚ and outsourcing nonstrategic activities (Spector‚ 2010). Three faces
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Concord Bookshop Paper Karen Jackson HCS/587 November 8‚ 2010 Laura Rainey Concord Bookshop Paper Organizational change can derive from small changes to large changes that can affect a business. The Concord Bookshop went through changes as many other companies are faced in today’s recession‚ fierce competition‚ innovative technology‚ and restructuring needs. The important factors a company needs to concentrate include implementing successful interventions to stay in business‚ increase
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Concord Bookshop Paper Concord Bookshop Paper Organizational change has many concepts from wide changes to small changes that can affect a company. Introducing a new person into the company‚ changing mission statement‚ restructuring‚ and even adding stock options are examples of organizational changes. According to Spector it is important to understand‚ analyze the dynamic of change‚ and requirements of effective change implementation. Successful changes requires management to explore many drivers
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"Concord Hymn: Sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument‚" by Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ is obviously about the first battle of the American Revolution‚ which occurred in Concord. The bridge in the first line was apparently undeveloped when the battle first took place. It has a connection to North Bridge‚ where the battle of the war first began. The second line refers to the American flag waving in the wind‚ which is being held by the revolutionaries. The third line refers to the fact that most of
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