2011 Change-Oriented Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Public Administration: The Power of Leadership and the Cost of Organizational Politics Eran Vigoda-Gadot‚ Itai Beeri University of Haifa ABSTRACT Using a well-grounded theory of organizational citizenship behavior‚ this study attempts to extend the meaning of the good soldier syndrome beyond its common boundaries of the business sector. We follow Bettencourt’s (2004) conceptualization and model of changeoriented organizational citizenship
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to end the Cold War that effectively brought down the Iron Curtain. The split between West and East not only partitioned the world into two parts‚ but also divided the European family for over 40 years. With the fall of the Soviet Union came many changes that affected much if not all of Europe. At the end of the Brejnev era ‚ the socialist bloc was severely outdated and far removed from the contemporary world. The economy was in a shambles‚ independent civil society was largely in exile‚ and corruption
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Chapter 1: Forces of Political Change in Today’s World I. World events and domestic crises create political changes that affect the way all of us live. II. Change versus Stability a. People and governments need stability as well as change. Agreement on the rules of the road‚ on the structure of government‚ and especially on the processes by which change is made gives people the confidence they need to plan for their own futures. If governments change capriciously or suddenly
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Organizational Learning and Organizational Knowledge “TUI University” ITM 501 MODULE 01 Dr. J. Pearce Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………p.3 Organizational Learning…...……………………………………………………………p.4 Organizational Knowledge…………………………………..………………………….p.4 Relationship of Organizational Learning and Organizational Knowledge…..…………p.5 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………p.6 References..……………………………………………………………………………..p.7 Abstract “Any piece of knowledge I acquire
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A LEARNING-BASED APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: FIVE CASE STUDIES OF GUIDED CHANGE INITIATIVES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Five successful examples of a learning-based approach to organizational change were studied in order to identify some key success factors. All five change initiatives‚ in major manufacturing corporations‚ were guided and supported through the MIT Center for Organizational Learning . Following the change there were dramatic improvements in business results . This article examines
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Organizational Design and Organizational Structure 1. Organizational Design - management decisions and actions that result in a specific organization structure. Four Design Decisions 1. Division of Labor – process of dividing work into relatively specialized jobs to achieve advantages of specialization. Division of labor in organization can occur in three different ways: a. Work can be divided into different personal specialties. b. Work can be divided into different activities necessitated
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Volume 5• Number 1 • January - June 2012 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE‚ INTEGRATION‚ AND MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL AND PROPOSITIONS Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos rafaelte@unisinos.br Rafael Teixeira Xenophon Koufteros Texas A&M University xkoufteros@mays.tamu.edu Xiaosong David Peng Texas A&M University xpeng@mays.tamu.edu ABST R AC T: One major characteristic of studies in operations and supply chain management literature is a focus on how integration can
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MGMT 655 Change Management Spring 2011 Dr. Joe Briscoe Appreciative Inquiry Team Members Anand Girap Avinash Shah Emilios Parperides Justin Woo Prasanna Ramakrishnan Appreciative Inquiry is a particular way * Asking questions * Envisioning the future * Fosters positive relationships * Builds on the basic goodness in * A person * A situation * An organization. What is Appreciative Inquiry? Connecting an organization’s best past to its dream
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sustain change initiatives And USPS is not alone in its failure to implement a successful change initiative. According to recent research by Change Management Online‚ UK businesses undertake at least three major change projects a year (at a cost of approximately 52 billion in management time alone) yet half of these programs fail to make any lasting impact whatsoever. Whilst USPS faced a bigger challenge than most by attempting to turn the whole organization around (the ultimate change initiative)
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The invention that has changed the American way of life since the early 20th century is the car. The Model T has been around since 1910 and was invented by the genius Henry Ford. Henry was good at making mechanical things and he created a convenient way to get around. It changed the way that we do things like go to work. Before the making of the car was out‚ it took people really long to get to work because they didn’t have a form of fast transportation. Once the invention was on the market it allowed
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