Huhtamaki – Reflective Paper During the interview‚ the Chief Executive Officer (Brad) and plant manager (Simon) devoted a considerable amount of time to our communication analysis of their plant. I hadn’t expected two executives to become so involved with a University case study‚ and to discuss their credo‚ mission statements‚ strategies‚ and—of critical importance to me—internal communication strategy‚ in so much detail. Gerard & Ellinor (2001) stress that authentic leaders need to practise
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organizational culture is “the beliefs and behaviors that determine how a company ’s employees and management interact and handle outside business transactions” (Schein‚ 2010‚ p. 03). “Often‚ corporate culture is implied‚ not expressly defined‚ and develops organically over time from the cumulative traits of the people the company hires” (Schein‚ 2010‚ p. 03). “A company ’s culture will be reflected in its dress code‚ business hours‚ office setup‚ employee benefits‚ turnover‚ hiring decisions‚ and treatment
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Corporate Culture and Performance. London‚ UK: Simon and Schuster. Paul H. (1997). Sales Process Engineering: A Personal Workshop. Wellington: MilwaukeeQuinn‚ J. (1980). Strategies for Change: Logical Incrementalism. Chicago: Richard Irwin Publications Schein‚ E Shanahan‚ Kevin‚ and Michae Hyman. “The Development of a Virtue Ethics Scale.” Journal of Business Ethics 42‚ no. 2 (January 2003): 197-208. Weinstein‚ A.‚ & Johnson‚ W. (1999). Designing and Delivering Superior Customer Value: Concepts‚ Cases
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interventions which focus on improving working relationships and maximize productivity. An interesting intervention to investigate is process consultation. Process consultation is a practice introduced in the works of Edgar Schein a highly respected OD scholar. According to Schein‚ process consultation is “the creation of a relationship that permits the client to perceive‚ understand‚ and act on the process events that occur in client’s internal and external environment in order to improve the situation
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JustSave Foods is a chain of 19 grocery stores in North Carolina owned by Merchants Distributors Inc. (MDI). While they are now a sister chain of Lowes Foods‚ JustSave’s stores were originally Lowes stores not too long ago. The 19 stores are largely located in more rural areas with more tight-knit communities. Due to their poor performance in comparison to local competitors‚ it was clear to management at MDI that the stores needed a change from what Lowes Foods offers. While one part of that change
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Introduction Understanding the need to develop organisation behaviour within organisations seems like something of a taboo subject until you understand the depth of the subject. If we view the organisation as an iceberg‚ above the water one can see goals‚ structure‚ Rules‚ technology and procedures. But under the water‚ the part of the organisation that is unseen there are values‚ feelings‚ attitudes‚ perception‚ group norms‚ informal interactions‚ belifs and assumption. Fig 1.1The organisational
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a subordinate’s social needs and needs for acceptance. Schein‚ Maslow‚ McGregor‚ Argyris contend That man’s motives fall into classes which are arranged in a hierarchy‚ physiological-social-egoistic etc Man seeks to be mature on the job and is capable of being so Man is primarily self motivated and self controlled There is no inherent conflict between self actualization and more effective organization performance. Schein himself feels that; Man is not only complex‚ but also highly
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I n t e r n a t i o n a l J o u r n a l o f M a n a g e m e n t C a s es Multinational Enterprises – Organizational Culture vs. National Culture Sabine Scheffknecht Leeds Metropolitan University‚ UK This situation brings a lot of advantages (less dependence on the economy or political situation of one single country; differentiated marked position; economy of scale through the size of the business; use of synergies; etc.) but also comprises the challenge to combine many
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Implicit Leadership Theories Since the beginning of leadership literature‚ many researchers and studies tried to explain effective leadership from different perspectives. Early studies focused on the identification of traits that distinguished leaders from followers. Despite many studies have been carried out in the field‚ there was no universal list of traits presented containing characteristics that would guarantee success of leaders (Lussier & Achua‚ 2004). This failure led to the shift of
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This assignment will analytically assess the statement “Leadership is the most important factor in Managing Change”. Firstly it will look at defining leadership‚ and will make a comparison of leadership versus management. It will discuss the importance of leadership and its role in managing change. The essay will consider the strength and weaknesses of the current theories and models exploring the leadership impact on change within organisations. The essay will also consider the key principles to
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