PART ONE Understanding change Perspectives on change The ethics of organizational change Planned change and its critics Strategic change Building and developing competitive advantage 3 39 73 11 1 147 CHAPTER 1 Perspectives on change 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Perspectives on change 1.2.1 Modernity‚ progress‚ and change 1.2.2 Pathways to change 1.3 Structural-functional change: changing structures and functions 1.3.1 An organization is a complex whole 1.3.2 Structural theory 1.4 Multiple constituencies:
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What does it mean to be human? What makes who we are? What drives us? Could it be the desire of becoming better‚ faster‚ and stronger‚ perhaps? All throughout history‚ humans have been known to have advanced in their respective eras through planning and their own advancements in technology. Technology is one of the many things that people in the 21st century debate about‚ whether it’s good or bad‚ or even neutral. Why do so many disagree with the idea of becoming better through the advances in technology
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Assignment Managing Change BSc16 (E) Kevin Hadiono – 11210506 3/5/2012 Mr. Mogan Swamy Introduction The word ‘change’ might sounds very simple and easy to most of us. In reality‚ it is quite the contrary; to change is one of the biggest challenges faced by companies‚ both large and small‚ ever. Companies‚ in respond to their internal and external challenges‚ are trying to make a transformation effort to be a better competitor. John P. Kotter‚ a Harvard Professor who has spent 30 years
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Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions‚ or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e.‚ more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes‚ variations insolar radiation received by Earth‚ plate tectonics‚ and volcanic eruptions. Certain human activities have also
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Chapters 9-12 Review What is the tenet that China follows to ensure that Hong Kong’s exuberant capitalism is retained despite the communist leanings of mainland China? Answers Absolute plutocracy Sovereignty of the provinces Theocracy Noninterventionist approach One country‚ two systems Which of the following is true of the CFTA? Answers It was designed to eliminate trade barriers between the United States‚ Canada‚ and parts of Asia. It created several
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Too many change management principles regard change as a short-term event‚ like putting into practice a new procedure or system. Organisations are advised how to prepare people for change and how to get them through it with minimal damage and cost. Another main problem is how to break down the resistance to change from stubborn employees. Business may miss the point that it is the people who develop the idea to change who are the most enthusiastic about it. Senior executives aren ’t more adaptable
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Social change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society. Social change may include changes in nature‚ social institutions‚ social behaviors‚ or social relations. The base of social change is change in the thought process in humans. Social change may refer to the notion of social progress or sociocultural evolution‚ the philosophical idea that society moves forward by dialectical or evolutionary means. It may refer to a paradigmatic change in the socio-economic structure‚ for instance
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inaccurate the Securities and Exchange Commission meet annually to discuss bonuses executives cannot retain bonuses or profits from selling company stock if they mislead the public about the financial health of the company the minimum wage change each year Correct 2 One downside of team incentives is that it does not provide retirement income to employees it does nothing to educate employees about the factors of business success and capitalism managers do not feel that incentives
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT MID TERM NOTES CHAPTER 1- Patterns of change and their implications for change management Theories Relating to Patterns of Change: 1. Gradualist Paradigm o Posits that an organization changes and develops through a continuous process of incremental adjustment (ideal) • Accumulate over time to ensure that the organization is always aligns with its external environment 2. Punctuated Equilibrium o Most organizations experience change as a discontinuous process often referred
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HRMT19020 – Week 3- Why Organisations Change - Notes Changes are necessary in order to accomplish goals and objectives such as improving efficiency‚ cost effectiveness‚ competing for money and resources‚ or improving services to clients. However‚ nowadays‚ it has become fashionable (if you like) to describe all “planned change” efforts as necessary‚ and to describe people who resist proposed change as “unwilling to leave their comfort zones‚” or simply‚ “resistant” (Quinn et al. 2011‚ p. 311)
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