Resistance: a constructive tool for change management Dianne Waddell Department of Management‚ Monash University‚ Melbourne‚ Australia Amrik S. Sohal Department of Management‚ Monash University‚ Melbourne‚ Australia Traditionally‚ resistance has been cast as adversarial – the enemy of change that must be defeated if change is to be successful. While it is apparent that classical management theory viewed resistance in such a manner‚ recent literature contains much evidence that suggests resistance
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According to Webster’s School and Office Thesaurus‚ O’Connor. J (1995)‚ Transform means‚ ‘ to change’. Transaction means‚ ’exchange‚ settlement‚ negotiation ’ From these simple definitions it is easy to understand that they are indeed different. Should a person transform something then it is expected that they change it greatly. If a person carries out a transaction then it implies that a deal is done that has mutual benefit for those involved. These very basic definitions are the basis of two
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Six Sigma Qualtec Improving Your Business Results Transactional Black Belts Are Different! Six Sigma In Service and Transaction Environments Six Sigma Qualtec – All Rights Reserved August 5‚ 2015 Improving Your Business Results Transactional Black Belts Are Different! Transactional Black Belts are different! We advance this argument based on our experience that Transactional Black Belts often encounter environments where no process is defined‚ often must define and re-design a whole process
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Transformational Change At each moment of every day‚ someone‚ of eminent importance or the subordinate drifting around the park is embarking on a transformational change of some specific nature. What does that suggest to us? It indicates that at some point in our life we will experience this transformation as well. A transformational change is a modification to your life‚ as you know it; the learning cycle begins by recognizing that there is a substantial problem with your life in its current state
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Transformational Change By: John T. Neugent III Date: August 28‚ 2011 According to the text‚ transformational change is when an issue in your life is changing such as a career move or anything that it is life changing. You will face complex challenges when you are first entering the learning cycle. Learning in this challenge will help you put issues into a better perspective and being able to obtain the knowledge to educate yourself with using good judgment. The stages of recognizing a significant
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within a transformational organization. Change is probably never popular‚ but is necessary for the transformation and restructuring of the healthcare industry. There are several models in the scope of transformational changes and learning organizations. The capacity to change is embraced by organizational transformation and initiatives sustained are representative of learning organizations (Johnson‚ 2009). The first organization I found to have instituted transformational changes is the Mary
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Transactional leadership involves a social exchange. It "focuses on interpersonal interactions between managers and employees" (Kreitner & Kinicki‚ 2005 p. 613). In transactional leadership "Leaders are seen as engaging in behaviors that maintain a quality interaction between themselves and followers" (Kreitner & Kinicki‚ 2005 p. 613). The two characteristics of Transactional leadership are: "Leaders use contingent rewards to motivate employees‚ and leaders exert corrective action only when subordinates
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suggests that the transformational leadership style is established on deontological ethics whereas transactional leadership is based on teleological ethics. Key Arguments Leader values and transformational/ transactional leadership suggest that a divergent set of ethical values serve as foundations of the respective leadership influence processes. Teleological (utilitarianism) ethics are associated with transactional leadership while deontological (moral altruism or Kantian
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Transactional leadership is more of a management style than a form of leadership. Nevertheless‚ it can be very effective for motivating subordinates and eliciting productivity. There are a few assumptions that go hand-in-hand with transactional leadership. Primarily‚ transactional leadership assumes that people are motivated by rewards‚ they will cede authority to their chosen leaders and fulfill goals and objectives set by their leaders. There are many benefits that come with an organization’s choice
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Government Information Quarterly 28 (2011) 320–328 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Government Information Quarterly j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s e v i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / g o v i n f Transformational change and business process reengineering (BPR): Lessons from the British and Dutch public sector Vishanth Weerakkody a‚ Marijn Janssen b‚⁎‚ Yogesh K. Dwivedi c a b c Business School‚ Brunel University‚ Uxbridge‚ Middlesex‚ UK Delft University of Technology
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