The two companies that have undergone similar‚ and fairly substantial‚ changes in recent years are Wal-Mart and General Motors (GM). Both are established publicly traded companies that are typically considered blue chip stocks. However‚ both have made the major decision in recent years to undergo corporate restructuring. In 2009‚ an organizational change was announced by Wal-Mart. It was the restructuring of Wal-Mart’s global sourcing team to leverage the scale of its global merchandising operations
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Week Four Assignment Darryl Friedlund Forecasting & Leading Change – STL 420 Chapter 10 Page 298 1. How do evolutionary change and revolutionary change differ? Evolutionary change is gradual‚ incremental‚ and narrowly focused and does not involve drastic or sudden altering of the basic nature of the organization’s strategy or structure. Whereas revolutionary change is rapid‚ dramatic‚ and broadly focused in order to quickly and decisively find new ways to be effective.
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Organizational Change Dana Gibson 8642 W Golf Rd Apt 6 Des Plaines‚ IL 60016 847-687-8687 dgdrgibson@gmail.com GM591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Instructor R Salitore 12/11/2011 Introduction The organization that I will be completing my final project on is Aon Hewitt. Aon Hewitt is the leader in Human Resources Solutions such as consulting‚ benefits administration and HR business process outsourcing. Within the organization I am a Benefits Operations Manager‚ my role
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Chapter 1 Overview of Organizational Development 1.1 What is Organizational Development? Organization development (OD) is a new term which means a conceptual‚ organization-wide effort to increase an organization’s effectiveness and viability. Warren Bennis has referred to OD as a response to change‚ a complex educational strategy intended to change the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ values‚ and structure of an organization so that it can better adapt to new technologies‚ markets‚ challenges
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Organization development (OD) is a deliberately planned effort to increase an organization’s relevance and viability‚ a future readiness to meet change. OD is the framework for a change process designed to lead to desirable positive impact to all stakeholders and the environment. The purpose of OD is to address perennial evolving needs of successful organizations - a concerted collaboration of internal and external experts in the field to discover the process an organization can use to become more
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Organizational Change and Development Chapter 12 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT Introduction Change is a constant‚ a thread woven into the fabric of our personal and professional lives. Change occurs within our world and beyond -- in national and international events‚ in the physical environment‚ in the way organizations are structured and conduct their business‚ in political and socioeconomic problems and solutions‚ and in societal norms and values. As the world becomes more complex
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Organizational Change Organizational Change If you are a business leader today there is one thing that constantly runs through your mind‚ “How can we continue to succeed and grow.” In today’s society it has become harder and harder to accomplish such a task. The world is ever changing and it does so in a pace that is far more rapid than that of 20 years ago. Business leaders know that change is inevitable‚ but where the problem lies is how to manage the change in a way that will allow for continued
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Today’s business environment requires organizations to undergo change almost on a daily basis in order to remain competitive. These changes are typically unplanned and gradual. The content or what to change that I identified in my personal case is the shipping method for service parts that are exported to Europe. This particular type of change is referred to as an evolutionary change which is an ongoing‚ evolving process. The process of changing the shipping method for export service parts is with
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Organizational Development PSY/428 – Cat Jennings University of Phoenix February 27‚ 2012 Organization development is when the organization pulls together to ensure that the goals and mission of the organization are achieved in an effective and efficient manner. This also goes hand in hand with the strategies that are to ensure things are structured positively for employees in working environment. Organizational development is defined as: a set of behavioral science–based theories‚ values
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Organizational Change Organizational Change Management is “all of the actions required for an organization to understand‚ prepare for‚ implement and take full advantage of significant change”. The goals of Change Management are: * The successful design‚ implementation‚ measurement and maintenance of an organization’s change initiative * Enhancement of their on-going capacity for managing change Lewin’s force field analysis model states that all systems have driving and restraining
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