SHAPING LEARNING ORGANISATIONS How Types of Organisational Cultures Contribute in Shaping Learning Organisations Hasan Danaee Fard Ali Asghar Anvary Rostamy Hamid Taghiloo Tarbiat Modares University Abstract The main purpose of this empirical study is to examine the relationship between four types of organisational cultures and the shaping learning organisation. In this study‚ we have selected two groups of public organisations (more successful and less successful public organisations). The sample
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Methodology Project Plan Sources of Reading INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE As Desson and Clouthier (2010) state‚ culture is an important factor in both attracting and retaining desirable employees. The extent to which an employee’s needs and expectations are fulfilled will determine the motivation‚ job satisfaction and performance levels (Mullins‚ 2005‚ p. 499) which would be influenced by culture. XY Ltd (XY) established in 1944 has become the market leader in sea trade in Sri Lanka at present with the
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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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Case Analysis The Body Shop MBA 223 Social Responsibility and Good Governance CASE STUDY No. 1 1. VIEWPOINT The Body Shop faced lots of criticisms and challenges. There were periods of losses‚ poorly motivated shareholders‚ de-motivated franchisees‚ unsuccessful restructuring attempts and negative public propaganda against the company‚ proving to be too strong for the company to cope up. The main reasons behind the success of
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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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1. The Body Shop market SWOT Analysis Strengths: The Body Shop is focusing on products made out of natural products and natural ingredients. They believe these products will give the Body Shop a distinctive niche which will attract customers whom believe in environmental friendly products and that are more environmentally aware. The brand value of the Body Shop will be of a high standard‚ due to the education of their staff and service
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SWOT Analysis of Body Shop’s retail outlet in Canada Water By Alexandros Georgakakos Executive summary Body Shop International (Body Shop) is a multinational company which is mainly producing ecological skin and hair products. Their products are solely based on natural ingredients and manufactured according to an ethical code which is opposed to animal testing. The cosmetics franchise is considered to be one of the biggest around the globe with a well established reputation in 54 countries.
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Executive Summary The Body Shop International PLC has been facing a myriad of issues in the late 1990s. At its creation‚ the body shop has seen tremendous growth and success. The company thrived to bring a new revolutionary business model and was extremely successful. But after those successful years in the early 1990s‚ the competition became fierce as new entrants came and absorbed parts of the market. This led to declining sales and profits for the company as they were not able to differentiate
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SUMMARY OF THE BODY SHOP INTERNATIONAL With a £4‚000 bank loan‚ Roddick developed a line of 25 skin and hair care products based on natural ingredients. Sourcing exotic ingredients like jojoba oil and rhassoul mud from a local herbalist‚ she prepared the first product batches on her kitchen stove and packaged them in the cheapest containers-urine sample bottles. Handwritten labels provided detailed information about the ingredients and their properties. A local art student designed the logo for
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