Employees Resistance towards Organizational Change Blekinge Institute of Technology School of Management Ronneby‚ Sweden Supervisor: Göran Alsen Authors: Kamran Khan Masood ur Rehman Master Thesis in MSc. Business Administration JUNE 2008 This thesis is submitted to the School of Management at Blekinge Institute of Technology/Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola in partial
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1 Resistance to Change: A Case Study in the Food and Beverage Department 2 Change is common in an organization and is initiated due to the need to survive and adapt to the changing market. As change is a disruption of routines and what people are used to‚ resistance to change is a common reaction of the change recipients. People resist changes because changes are uncomfortable and require them to adapt to a new way of thinking and doing things. Also‚ people have trouble envisioning how
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MN 4125 Management of Change Final Project: United States Postal Service Case Study Steve Mays Frank Sierra Joshua Kapp PART I History and Background Introduction The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent government organization that generates income through mail services. It is currently the second largest civilian employer in the United States. Its primary task is to deliver mail around the country‚ at a standard price‚ regardless of geographic location. Over the last
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References: Andriopoulos‚ C. and Dawson‚ P. 2009. Managing change‚ creativity and innovation. Los Angeles: SAGE. Arnold‚ A. 2010. Building a Creative Organization. [online] Available at: http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2010-09-09/building-a-creative-organizationbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice
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century the forms of change within organisations have been innovatory and a widespread conviction has arisen as to the revolutionary nature to such changes as a sign of the times‚ (Pettigrew & Massini‚ 2003). While Tushman & O’Reilly III (1996) argue that the industry level of studies has not been helpful in illustrating the path of organisation’s change‚ Greiner (1972) outlines a corporate growth model in order to provide a useful framework in understanding organisational change. Psychologists believe
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Study of Store24 (A): Managing Employee Retention Summary: The top executives of a chain of convenience stores‚ Store24‚ are attempting to come up with ways to increase employee tenure at their stores. We need to determine the relationship of employee tenure to store profits before they commit to this. They collected profits‚ management and crew tenure‚ and site location factors of 75 stores. Based on the data‚ we recommend that Store24 researches ways to increase employee tenure‚ more specifically
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Paper Outline “Today’s business environment requires bold programs to drive high performance along three dimensions: change management‚ leadership and culture.” Peter Cheese and Yaarit Silverstone. Topic: Managing Change in Global IT Projects and Organizations 1. Introduction 2. Background Information – The Emergence of Change Management 3. Organizational Change 4. Global Organizations and Change 5. The Change Management Process 6. Managing Change on International
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Handling Resistance To Organizational Change A framework for companies‚ showing the preeminent method to handle resistance to change By Ilona van Rooij‚ Michelle Hieltjes and Sophie Peeman Abstract This paper has a clear aim at creating a framework for companies‚ showing the preeminent method of handling resistance to change. A thorough literature study revealed two distinctive perspectives‚ with different strategies‚ advantages and disadvantages. The traditional perspective takes a more
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Google Managing Change and Creativity A report examining how the concepts of creativity and innovation are relevant to Google‚ Google’s organizational structure and its impact on creativity‚ the company’s culture and values‚ in addition to how Google copes with change and manages it‚ and‚ finally‚ the challenges faced by the number one search engine in the world today and in the near future. Outline: I. Executive Summary II. The Role of Creativity and Innovation at Google III
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Supporting Good Practice in Managing Employee Relations Aim The aim/objectives of this assignment are to explore employee relations in detail‚ including the psychological contract‚ differences between fair and unfair dismissals‚ redundancy‚ and the direct link to my organisation. Pershing is a medium sized financial services company‚ who has seen strong growth over the last two years during the economic downturn. 1.0 Internal and external factors that impact on the employment relationship
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