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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Edmund Burke‚ who is often regarded as a spokesman for modern conservatism‚ believed that human rights were based on tradition and could only be inherited. Burke strongly opposed the French Revolution‚ which in his view‚ attempted to break from the traditions of France and destroy their contemporary society. On the other hand‚ Jean-Jacque Rousseau believed that general will would always be correct and that it would unshackle humans from their chains‚ allowing them to become free. Burke and Rousseau
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job because you did not have the opportunity to contribute that you would have liked. Maybe it was a dissatisfying team atmosphere‚ or you were not appreciated or recognized for the time and energy that you dedicated to the job. It could have been a change to your responsibilities‚ the team‚ or the organization’s processes. Some people report that they did not feel a larger sense of purpose at work‚ they did not have control or autonomy over their work‚ or they did not find an acceptable path to growth
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Organization development (OD) is a deliberately planned effort to increase an organization’s relevance and viability‚ a future readiness to meet change. OD is the framework for a change process designed to lead to desirable positive impact to all stakeholders and the environment. The purpose of OD is to address perennial evolving needs of successful organizations - a concerted collaboration of internal and external experts in the field to discover the process an organization can use to become more
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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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Essay #2: Burke & Paine - Two Views on the French Revolution The French Revolution became a pivotal moment in the history of governmental rule in the late eighteenth century. Two very educated men‚ Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine‚ gave their arguments on whether or not a revolution was necessary or acceptable due to the violation of rights. Burke‚ who believed in hereditary succession and traditional ways‚ opposed Paine who wanted citizens to have liberty under a just government. Together they
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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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