college students roam the streets‚ appearing energetic and radiant. However‚ this is only part of the picture. In Singapore‚ many problems arise among teenagers. Yearly‚ figures of depression rates among teenagers escalate and we cannot help but wonder what is becoming of this new generation of young people. Life for many youths of this new day and age involves a painful tug-of-war consisting of mixed messages‚ unanswerable questions‚ of emotions and incompatible demands from parents‚ teachers‚ friends
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0 Learning Organization 0 1 Learning Organizations Introduction In a way those who work in a learning organization are “fully awakened” people. They are engaged in their work‚ striving to reach their potential‚ by sharing the vision of a worthy goal with team colleagues. They have mental models to guide them in the pursuit of personal mastery‚ and their personal goals are in alignment with the mission of the organization. Working in a learning organization is far from being a slave to a job
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| | | An Overview: Conflict is inevitable among humans. When two or more social entities (i.e.‚ individuals‚ groups‚ organizations‚ and nations) come in contact with one another in attaining their objectives‚ their relationships may become incompatible or inconsistent. Relationships among such entities may become inconsistent when two or more of them desire a similar resource
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A critical review of theories of the nature of organisational culture‚ including how it may impact on innovation‚ and how it may be affected by the leaders of an organisation Like many other social categories‚ culture has as many definitions as there are people who tried to describe its meaning and manifestations (Groseschl and Doherty‚ 2000). Starting from the early definitions‚ such as “complex whole of knowledge‚ belief‚ art‚ law‚ morals‚ custom and any other capabilities and habits‚ acquired
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Introduction There is continuing interest in the study of the forces that impact on an organisation‚ particularly those that can be harnessed to provide competitive advantage. The ideas and models which emerged during the period from 1979 to the mid-1980s (Porter‚ 1998) were based on the idea that competitive advantage came from the ability to earn a return on investment that was better than the average for the industry sector (Thurlby‚ 1998). As Porter’s 5 Forces analysis deals with factors
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(1) INTRODUCTION: Creativity in organisations may be defined as the process by which new ideas that make innovation possible are developed. It is the ability to generate novel and useful ideas and solutions to everyday problems and challenges. For many years‚ technology has supplanted people in the performance of many routine jobs and has increasingly assumed prominence in more sophisticated processes. The universal availability of inexpensive technology has created a highly competitive global marketplace
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2.3 Explain why change can be beneficial to business organisations Organisations need to change for a wide variety of reasons. Some of them are internal reasons – things going on within the organisation that need to be addressed. Some of them are external reasons – things happening out in the rest of the world that influence the organisation and prompt a need for change. Several things can prompt the need for organisational change‚ including: • changes in technology – e.g. telecommunication companies
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combinations of the two). Like the filing cabinet‚ the computer is only able to give access to those who have a "key" or password. A computer can also have a secondary security system in which different users have different access limits. This is equivalent to only having certain people in the office having access to different information. Furthermore‚ files in the computer can be locked by a particular user which is equivalent to locking a file in a filing cabinet which delays or prevents theft. At this point
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John Dewey‚ in his book "Experience and Education"‚ publicized the concept of experiential learning as an ongoing cycle of activity. But‚ how did this concept emerge? Or‚ what does it really mean for the businesses? In order to understand this‚ we have to analyze the problems and needs. The core idea behind "learning organization" is that organizations of all kinds will not survive‚ let alone thrive‚ if they do not acquire an ability to adapt continuously to an increasingly unpredictable future
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themselves to needless repetition and predictability. While there are a handful of tales that are great‚ most are merely solid‚ for O. Henry lacks a modern feel to his character development. In one tale he can be as realistic as turn of the Twentieth Century fiction can be and in the next he can give merely slight caricatures and corny sight gags. Among his greatest tales are some of his most famous‚ like The Social Triangle which humorously skewers classism by having a down and out protagonist named
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