The role of a successful leader in organisational change cannot be overestimated. Organisational culture is significant for each organisation and its successful operation‚ playing large role in whether or not a particular organisation has a happy‚ healthy and comfortable working environment. Organisational culture at any company has to be strong and well-established but able to be changed as well. So‚ in order to establish‚ maintain and improve the company’s culture timely a recognised leader has to
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Assignment 1 – Understanding your Organisation Due Date: 21 October 2009 WHD Organisational Chart - Figure 1 According to Mclean and Marshall (1993) organisational culture is defined as the collection of traditions‚ values‚ policies‚ beliefs and attitudes that contribute a pervasive context for everything we do and think in an organisation. (ie) this means that these factors actually determine how we think as well as act and react not only to people from
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BP – The $40billion Safety Culture Vacuum On March 23rd 2005 a huge explosion at BP’s Texas oil refinery killed 15 people and injured more than 180. Most were its own staff. The refinery had suffered safety problems before. The previous year two workers died when scalded by super-heated water that escaped from a high-pressure pipe. The British media focused on the effect of the 2005 blast: the price of oil rose by several $s a barrel. In Texas‚ however‚ the local media were outraged by ‘yet
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Background Founded in 1902‚ JC Penney is one of America’s leading retailers‚ operating more than 1‚000 department stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico‚ as well as offering products online and through catalogs. In January 2012‚ Johnson was recruited by J.C. Penney investors and left the United States’ second-most-valuable company‚ Apple‚ to join the J.C. Penney. He wanted a new challenge. CEO Ron Johnson introduced a plan to rebrand the department store J.C. Penney. The plan was involved
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Organizational Structure and Culture Introduction In order to understand and evaluate different business structures one must be aware of the exact meaning and standards‚ which make that structure. Different business function in different ways. The World today is full of innovative and new structures‚ company cultures and ways in which companies base their work. Globalization has emphasized the meaning of company culture in ways that have led to completely new ideas‚ while
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Organisational change: can an organisational culture be changed? Despite its ordered and steady foundation‚ organisational culture can be changed if it is guided by a comprehensive strategy. An organisations culture is founded by relatively stable characteristics‚ based deeply on values that are enforced by organisational practices. However‚ an organisational culture can be changed. This essay will aim to establish this and explain the measures which are involved in changing an organisational
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According to the article it seems the retail store we all know as JC Penny hasn’t been doing so well as far as their sales have been going which is something the public was probably unaware of. The article stresses how well they are doing and the come up they made however are they really making a come up. By the end of the year will they meet their sales needs? The article explains. According to the article JC Penny‚ “the company is seeking to calm investors who are growing pessimistic about a turnaround
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1.1{a} Authority and power Span of control: -The number of dependents that a manager or controller can directly control. This number varies with the type of work: complex‚ variable work reduces it to six‚ whereas routine‚ fixed work increases it to twenty or more. -Management literature identifies various factors that cause span of control to differ among managers and in different organizations. For example‚ narrower spans of control are appropriate when the nature of work performed is complex
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References: JCP Online. (2013). Retrieved from www.JCPenny.com Jean L. Johnson‚ K. D. (2011). Strategie Culture and Environmenta lDimensions as Determinants of Anomie in Publicly-Traded and Privately-Held Firms. Business Ethics Quarterly. Philosophy Documentation Center. Lublin‚ E. H. (2011). Penney Picks Boss From Apple. Wall Street Journal. www.online.wsj.com. Malcom‚ H. (2012). J.C. Penny to Keep Holiday Sales. www.USAToday.com.
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management of organisations‚ the culture of organisation has become a vital theme in this field. This essay examines why organisational culture is considered as one of the most important factors to organisational success by explain three viewpoints. First is how organisational culture improves the effectiveness of the organisation. Second‚ organisational culture can be a source of competitive advantage. Third‚ organisational culture has influence on organisational creativity and innovation. This essay
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