LDR/531 Final Examination Study Guide This study guide will prepare you for the Final Examination you will complete in Week Six. It contains practice questions‚ which are related to each week’s objectives. In addition‚ refer to each week’s readings and your student guide as study references for the Final Examination. Week One: Organizational Structure Objective: Summarize the impact of structure on an organization. 1. The more that lower-level personnel provide input or are actually given the
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Organizational Change: “No man ever steps in the same river twice‚ for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man."‚ -Heraclitus. Change is the one thing that we must all face. Every organization must change not only to survive‚ but also to retain its relevance in a world of intense competition‚ constant scientific progress‚ and rapid communication. It is inevitably necessary because without change organizations would be left behind and looses their competitive advantages
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Chapter 8: Organization Structure and Design Multiple Choice 1. Which management function entails the process of arranging people and resources to work toward a common goal? a) Controlling b) Leading c) Planning d) Organizing Ans: d Bloom’s: Knowledge Level: Easy Learning Objective 1: Understand organizing as a managerial responsibility. Section Reference: Organizing is one of the management functions. 2. An organizational structure consists of all the following
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Leadership and Change Module Leader: Vincent Traynor Name: Sameer Panchal Student ID no.: 24041719 Date: 28th November 2014 Module Code: 44-7865-00N Contents Personal Leadership and Personal Change (Part 1) 3 Critique of theories and concepts (Part 2) 13 Personal Leadership and Personal Change (Part 1) Word Count: 1700 Contents Introduction 5 Changes you wanted to go through and those you had to go through 5 Personal levels of engagement with other students
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Lecture 5: Global Context I Chapter 6 What is Globalization? What are its driving forces? Specify the basic global strategy and global organizational structure a manager should pursue‚ and why. The Importance of Global Business to Canada: * Canada exported over $455 billion * Canada imported over $404 billion * The United Nations has ranked Canada as one of the world’s best countries to live in. * Canada exports nearly 45 % of what it produces * 33% of all Canadian
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Modern leaders are faced with a situation in which change is the only constant on which they can rely. The difficulty is to decide what these will be‚ and it can be argued that it is only by planning that the nature of the changes taking place can be fully charted and understood. In fact managers take into account possible changes in deciding a course of action‚ in the form of contingency plans. Change Management is the effective tool to helps the leaders and managers in these issues.It is the process
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British Airways British Airways is the largest international scheduled airline in the UK. The company was founded in 1919‚ and has continued to grow and expand since privatisation in 1987‚ until the global recession hit in 2008. On 23rd January 2009 the UK was officially declared to be in recession following two consecutive quarters in 2008 during which economic growth dropped (BBC‚ 2009). Many businesses‚ including British Airways‚ have found it increasingly difficult to survive in the resulting
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ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE -SWATI SISODIA swati.sisodia@nmims.edu What is Organisational Culture • The basic paTTern of shared values and assumpTions governing The way employees wiThin as organisaTion Think abouT and acT on problems and opporTuniTies A system of meaning shared by the organization’s members Cultural values are collective beliefs‚ assumptions‚ and feelings about what things are good‚ normal‚ rational‚ valuable‚ etc. Aspects of culture Values Symbols Customs Language
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Journal of Management Studies 41:6 September 2004 0022-2380 Kurt Lewin and the Planned Approach to Change: A Re-appraisal Bernard Burnes Manchester School of Management The work of Kurt Lewin dominated the theory and practice of change management for over 40 years. However‚ in the past 20 years‚ Lewin’s approach to change‚ particularly the 3-Step model‚ has attracted major criticisms. The key ones are that his work: assumed organizations operate in a stable state; was only suitable
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anticipation of future events ii. Reactive change – a piecemeal response to circumstance as they develop 2. Managing Change in Organizations a. Steps in Change Process i. The Lewin Model – Kurt Lewin suggested that change requires three steps 1. Unfreezing – those who will be affected by the change must be led to recognize whey change is necessary 2. Change – must be implemented 3. Refreezing – reinforcing and supporting the change so that it become part of the system ii. A Comprehensive Approach
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