To cite this article: Bernard Burnes & Philip Jackson (2011): Success and Failure In Organizational Change: An Exploration of the Role of Values‚ Journal of Change Management‚ ABSTRACT One of the most remarkable aspects of organizational change efforts is their low success rate. There is substantial evidence that some 70% of all change initiatives fail. This article explores the argument that a potentially significant reason for this is a lack of alignment between the value system of the change
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Never Let Me Go- Humanity To what extent are the students shown as human in the novel? Desmond Tutu once said: “All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.” Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go takes place in a dystopian world‚ where mankind was able to create clones in order to use their vital organs for “normal” people who needed organ transplants. The narrator‚ Kathy H.‚ is a clone who grew up in Hailsham- a special school for clones in England. The story alternates between
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Necessity Never Made a Good Bargain John Steinbeck’s The Pearl is a story about a poor Indian‚ Kino‚ who finds a massive pearl. Kino plans to sell this pearl and pay for his son’s education. He also plans to have a wedding in the church. Kino needs this money. Therefore when he shows his pearl to the buyers‚ the buyers have complete control. Kino can only make as much as the buyers pay. The buyers are all working together‚ so Kino is going to get cheated. John Steinbeck once said
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In the book‚ Never Let Me Go‚ and the movie‚ The Island‚ the main topics are clones whose purpose is to donate organs. The story of Never Let Me Go‚ written by Kazuo Ishiguro‚ begins with thirty-one-year-old Kathy H. She now works as a carer‚ to help people after their organ donations. She often reminisces about her time spent at Hailsham. In The Island‚ Lincoln Six Echo and Jordan Two Delta live in an isolated institute with other clones. What makes the institute in The Island different from Hailsham
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Lost time is never found again When you are young‚ eager and full of beans‚ you rarely cOntemplate how precious time is. You just live and revel in life‚ devoting almost all your time to the things that you are keen on doing. We show so much impatience looking forward to our birthday and hate those hapless few days that feel like ages. Just imagine what great amount of time we kill in front of our computers or hanging around the streets. As long as we are kids and teens and have enough spare
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An adventure I shall never forget Malia and I were very excited about the trip. We had planned it for more than one and a year and a half. The radio was playing in the background. I heard something about a new rumor about cruises disappearing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It was like the Bermuda triangle. A new way to sell souvenirs I thought. The bags were packed and our passports were lying on the kitchen table‚ ready to be used for the first time. My family was somewhat poor compared
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Fatal Attraction: A Case Study Case Study of the film Fatal Attraction Fatal Attraction is a hit 1987 psychological thriller. Fatal Attraction is a movie about a man and woman that have a weekend affair. The woman‚ Alex Forrester‚ proceeds to self-harm‚ stalk‚ and obsess after the affair ends. Alex is truly terrifying. It is apparent Alex suffers from mental illness‚ but which one? In research it is suggested that Alex Forrester suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder (Sansone
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Anne Frank” and “Freedom Writers” teach readers that you should never give up just because life is messy. Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who lived in hiding for a long time during the Holocaust. Anne felt as if it wasn’t worth surviving because she was just going to get caught by the Germans anyway. Although the thought of death was not so pleasant Anne never purposely tried to kill herself because of it. In addition‚ Anne never gave up just because
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The actions portrayed by Caliban in Shakespeare’s work‚ The Tempest‚ shows his failure in an attempt to murder his master. The overall failure of his plan appears to be an effect of poor judgement in many ways. This includes a lack of discernment when trusting others to help with executing the murder‚ as well as ill contrived planning. If Descartes rules were followed‚ he may have been more successful in achieving his main objective. Caliban does not succeed at killing Prospero due to irrational
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This I believe: I believe in change changing us for the better Change. It is a word of great wisdom. What can we ever believe in? Happiness‚ glory‚ success? No‚ nothing is secure‚ nothing keeps. Everything is bound to change. But the question is‚ is it for the worse or for the better? I believe that changes change us for the better. Very often‚ changes occur suddenly‚ abruptly‚ unexpectedly‚ and I am very much left helpless and clueless. Every new change to me is an unseen challenge‚ a
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