1.1BACKGROUND OF STUDY Communication is the process of sharing ideas‚ information and messages with others. The most basic communication methods that are known to man are speech and non-verbal expressions such as facial expressions and body language. Apart from these basic methods of communication‚ there are other methods of communication. These methods began to involve and become complex (I.von Glion‚ mary Ann young and Steven L.Mc Shane; 1976:392). Effective/ Good communication usually requires
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PRACTISES ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE ABSTRACT The research investigated the effect of different human resource practices such as staffing‚ training‚ participation‚ performance appraisal‚ compensation‚ and caring on organizational performance on a manufacturer company. Data were collected from 100 respondents based on structured questionnaire. Results indicated significant relationship of staffing‚ training‚ performance appraisal‚ compensation or rewards‚ and employee caring with organizational performance
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Contents Concept of Culture 2 What is Organizational Culture 3 The Internet and Organizational Culture 3 Cultural Change 5 The Classical Approach to Cultural Description 5 New Ways of Describing Culture 6 Culture as Emergence 7 Steps in Organizational Culture Change 8 Managing Organization Cultural Change 8 Bibliography 12 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT Concept of Culture The concept of culture is complex and definitions of culture vary. The anthropologist
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public relations at the strategic level. J L Thompson (1995) defined strategy as a means to an end‚ and he writes‚” The ends concern the purposes and objectives of the organization. There is a broad strategy for the whole organization and a competitive strategy for each activity.” The significance of strategy is allowing practitioners to set their work in the wider organizational context. The concept of strategy is made clearer by Mintzberg et al (1982) who offer five uses for the word strategy‚ there
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Over the past decades‚ organizational changes have become recurrent. It then became decisive for managers to perfectly understand this phenomenon in order to lead organizations to efficiency. The main objective of this report is to gain a better understanding of large scale organizational change. The different changes implemented by General Motors company in an attempt to cope with the economical crisis of 2008 is a perfect example of this concept. This paper details each change undertaken by the organization
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This week’s assignment is about the application of leading organizational change. “Change is a process that makes something different‚ alters it‚ or transforms it.” (Howell and Costley 365 - 377) Changes within one’s organization can take a positive effect or a negative effect on that organization; therefore‚ it is extremely essential that the leaders within that organization take heed to virtually every aspect of the changes taking place in order to ensure quality assurance in one’s organization
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Organizational Change Models Grand Canyon University: LDR 615 March 12‚ 2014 Organizational Change Models It is common knowledge by now that change is inevitable. It is everywhere around us. Change can be fun‚ for example when a new version of the iPhone comes out. However‚ when change affects what we do everyday‚ there usually is a lot of skepticism and resistance to change involved. Apple employees were sure to feel enormous pressure as the sales of iPhones skyrocketed. To implement change
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several changes for the continuity of Continental AG and growth. Cutting labor costs by shifting manufacturing processes to low labor cost countries and restructuring the organizational strategy through innovation and differentiation has been are the main changes implemented. Continental AG has used different sets of theoretical change strategies and tools as a combination to become a learning organization. Models such as Kurt Lewin field forces‚ Kaizen‚ Michael Porter’s generic strategies and Liedtka’s
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EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY: POLICY AND PRACTICE ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to analyse and evaluate equality and diversity policies between two companies and determine whether there are gaps between policies and practices in relation to recruitment and selection. The report entails case studies of two organisations namely Working Links (WL) and The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC). This report shows that there is a gap between policy and practice in both organisations‚ the
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HS542 Professor Michelle Gomillion 05/11/2012 I have chosen to research the topic of Both Ford and GM experienced serious issues during the pre‚ during and post TARP period causing them to restructure and change how they do business. Each of them reacted to these pressures differently. My paper will compare and contrast the way both companies reacted to this pressure. According to the Wall Street Journal‚ UBS auto analyst Colin Langan did a comparison
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