Organizational Change Plan-Part One The use of mobile technology for health care professionals‚ including personal digital assistants (PDAs) has increased exponentially in both clinical practice and nursing education (Farrell & Rose‚ 2008). Some evidence exists that the use of a PDA in health care settings may improve decision-making‚ reduce the numbers of medical errors‚ and enhance learning for both students and professionals (Nilsson‚ 2008); for these reasons‚ the Learning Technology Committee
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American Obesity Obesity in America is an ever-growing problem. Despite years of trying to eradicate obesity‚ it continues to grow. From governmental intervention to simple magazine articles‚ every step of action has been taken. Amidst the plethora of passages about this touchy subject there are two that stick out. The first is‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” an article written by David Zinczenko. The picture that Zinczenko paints is one that puts the fault of obesity on the fast food industry. Because
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THE APPLICATION OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT THEORY TO HR PORTAL IMPLEMENTATION IN SUBSIDIARIES OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS Cataldo Dino Ruta HR portals are complex information technology (IT) applications that can be accessed by all employees of a given organization. By placing more applications and information online‚ HR portals reduce the reliance employees have on HR personnel. Given this relational change‚ from human to computer‚ the HR portal implementation process must take into account the
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Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted In his article‚ “Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted”‚ Malcolm Gladwell offers harsh critiques of the superficial relationship between social media and social change. Gladwell writes‚ “social media cannot provide what social change requires” (Gladwell‚ 315). Gladwell argues that social change requires “strong ties” and “a level of hierarchy organization” in which social media‚ comprised of networks built of “weak ties”‚
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Driving Change An interview with Ford Motor Company’s JACQUES NASSER The change imperative facing Ford Motor Company was massive: integrate 340‚000 employees separated by fiercely independent fiefdoms spread across 200 countries. Synchronize all teams‚ divisions‚ and regions into one global entity. Instill in all employees the need to think and act as if they owned the whole company. Why? So that Ford can excel in the global economy‚ and satisfy increasingly demanding consumers. How did Ford
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foundations of change ‚ approaches‚ models‚ methods and tools 1.1 General definition changes ‚ the concept ‚ the scope of 1.2. Approaches to organizational change 1.3. Models of change management - "Theory E" (hard method changes) and "Theory O" (soft method) - organizational change strategy 1.4. Methods of organizational change 1.4.1. harsh methods 1.4.2 . Soft methods of organizational change 1.4.3 . Integral methods of organizational change 1.5 Reactive and proactive change management
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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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C O L L E C T I O N www.hbr.org Most change initiatives fail. Yours don’t have to. Lead Change— Successfully‚ 3rd Edition Included with this collection: 2 The Hard Side of Change Management by Harold L. Sirkin‚ Perry Keenan‚ and Alan Jackson 15 Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P. Kotter 26 Cracking the Code of Change by Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria 37 Managing Change: The Art of Balancing by Jeanie Daniel Duck Product 1908 Collection Overview
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managers can be catalysts for change or by definition change agents "People who act as catalysts and manage the change process." (Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg and Coulter‚ 2000‚ p.438) Wether performing the role of the change agent or not‚ change is an integral part of a manager’s job. Change is "An alteration in people‚ structure or technology." (Robbins et al.‚ 2000‚ p.437) Change occurs within and around organisations today at an unprecedented speed and complexity. Change poses threats and creates
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Chapter 15: Leading Change Your Leadership Challenge After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: • Recognize social and economic pressures for change in today’s organizations. • Implement the eight-stage model of planned change. • Use appreciative inquiry to engage people in creating change by focusing on the positive and learning from success. • Expand your own and others’ creativity and facilitate organizational innovation. • Use techniques of communication‚ training‚ and participation
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