MSc in Health Care Management 2011 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland‚ Dublin. Module 1 Student ID: 11110201 Date: 14.11.2011 Word Count: 2990 Managing People and Organisations Assignment: Case Study: Leading Organisational Change: Improving Hospital Performance • Critically discuss the sources of resistance encountered by Tracey Burns and her team? Support your discussion with evidence-based literature. • Explore the approaches they used to manage the resistance
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“Critically examine the arguments for and against deliberately trying to change organizations” Introduction Before we begin to explore whether it is a worthwhile exercise to seek to change an organisation through a planned approach we must first begin with a definition of our terms. What might we mean by “deliberate”‚ “change” and an “organisation” To do so will help us explore under what circumstances planned change may be worthwhile or even possible. Huczynski & Buchanan (1991) define organizations
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Use of Microsoft SharePoint for Configuration Management in IT Organizations In the contemporary business marketplace‚ the requirement for a technology-based system to provide the tools for global organizations to archive and manage information has become an increasingly present issue. The use of a corporate-wide portal‚ supported by a collaborative‚ content management platform‚ provides an Information Management System (IMS) that culminates organizational information and intellectual capital
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for any degree. Signed……………………………………………………….. (Candidate) Date ………………………………………………………….. STATEMENT 1 This dissertation is being submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of: …………………………………… (i.e.: MBA‚ MSc‚ MA etc) Signed……………………………………………………….. (Candidate) Date ………………………………………………………….. STATEMENT 2 This dissertation is the result of my own independent work and investigation‚ except where otherwise stated. Other sources are acknowledged by
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model in which content creation is directly sent to consumers through digital channels or it is the consumer that is creating its own content (Freedman‚ 2003). Former entertainment business attorney‚ music industry figure‚ Bob Lefsetz defines this change of roles as “At first you pay your fans‚ then they pay you‚ it’s not other way around anymore” (Richards‚ 2011). Music business due to their lack of cultural capital and knowledge on new technologies is one of the few industries that had difficulty
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The Impact of the Subprime Crisis on the Global Financial Crisis: The Case for Effective Risk management in the Banking Industry in the UK Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the whole dissertation and what it proposes to do. It will examine the dissertation title and provide a background on the topic in order to influence the development of the rest of the work. The major aim of this chapter is to be able to provide a brief explanation of what the title is all
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Case preparation - Organizational Change: Planning and Implementing Teams at AAL and IPS Analysis context - “ Organizational Change and development” Major Players and Issues - Aid Association for Lutherans Insurance Product Services department of AAL Richard Gunderson‚ CEO AAL Jerry Laubentstein ‚ Department Head‚ IPS Team members of IPS Discuss the Issue: The Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL) is a large fraternal benefit society with a large insurance business. The insurance business
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Models and Theories of ChangeLDR/515Week2FIVE DIFFERENT MODELS AND THEORIES OF CHANGE. DISCUSSING THE VALIDITY AND UTILITY OF THE MODELS. I. KURT-LEWIN THEORY OF CHANGE:This theory is also known as the Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze Model of Change. Kurt-Lewin proposed three simple steps to describe the "unfreeze-change-refreeze model. It basically means going from the State A into an unfrozen‚ change‚ and then reforming in a different pattern‚1.The first step‚ unfreeze involves the process of letting
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control-systems. Organizational requirements are determined by size‚ goals and other variables. Control-systems are mechanisms “for adjusting course if performance falls outside acceptable boundaries” (Davidson & Griffin‚ 06)‚ allowing adaptation to change. They include procedures for “monitoring‚ directing‚ evaluating and compensating employees”‚ and influencing behaviors with the objective of having the best impact on both firms and employees’ (Anderson & Oliver‚ 87). Control-systems are divided
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Chapter 2 – Theories of Effective Change Implementation MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Effective change involves: a. content b. process c. what is being changed d. how are the changes being implemented e. all of the above (e: Difficult; p. 27) 2. Behavior (B) is a function of the person himself (P) and the environmental context (E) in which that person operates. Therefore: a. B * ƒ (P‚ E) b. B + ƒ (P‚ E) c. B = ƒ (P‚ E) d. ƒ (P‚ E) = B e. none of the above (c: Moderate; p. 27) 3. To
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