Recently, the President of the university that I am employed at resigned; as a result, we have a new interim President. The interim President has approached his term with a strategy that I believe is needed to restructure the university. It appears that his approach is to “stimulate a culture of innovation” (Robbins & Judge, 2009) by assessing the organizational structure and completing a performance evaluation for the entire university. A SWAT analysis was performed to determine the university’s strengths and weakness’.…
There are norms and sanctions within the enterprise determining and directing its culture. These will then effect the methods or habits of the members. These sets of extreme norms tend to deviate from the general flow of the culture they exist in. The dirty truth, however, is these extremes have been let go for such a long time, and they have begun to be expected. This presents the possibility of these extremes morphing into widespread cultural norms.…
Throughout this semester, we have written two major papers that really display my capabilities as a writer. By evaluating these two pieces with the learning outcomes established at the beginning of this semester, outcomes 1, 2, and 3 are most applicable when gauging my progress in this course. Learning outcome 1 is, "Demonstrate academic research and writing skills in essays and projects to participate in a scholarly conversation" Learning outcome 2 is, "Demonstrate critical reading through a knowledge of the forms and functions of a variety of texts" Learning Outcome 3 is, "Follow a research writing process that includes developing a topic, locating and evaluating sources (including peer-reviewed), composing in response to those sources, and revising and reflecting on that process;" Each of these outcomes I believe I have met by using them as goals when writing in and out of class. In my essay "Survivors and their Children: Examining the Holocaust's Multigenerational Effects" I discuss the impact the Holocaust has on those who survived it and on their children.…
As the newly hired HR consultant, I need to visit as many of the departments as I can to understand the dynamics of each and see the relationships between senior leaders, managers and staff. As well, I would like to conduct focus groups with staff to determine why they stay with the company. Another measure would be to poll newly hired staff inquiring into the hiring process and initial training. If possible, I would like to contact recently separated former employees to attempt to drill down why they left. This will give a potential baseline on the pulse of the company.…
Hi Derek, Great post this week describing success of Texas Instrument with a complex matrix structure. Based on my experience when I was hired at Texas Instrument (TI), the peers joked that TI stands for training institute, if you learn how to swim then you will succeed at TI. The TI culture is highly competitive and rewards people for innovation. The company’s core values of “integrity, innovation and commitment are woven throughout the fabric of our history. These values lay the foundation for our culture and lie at the heart of who we are and how we behave.”…
Applying the Five Frames In his book, Heraclitean Fire: Journeying on the Path of Leadership, Dr. Michael Carey (1999) introduces us to the theory of the five frames for effective leadership. Organizational life is filled with an abundance of unique challenges and conflict. The Five Frames model serves as a valuable tool for leadership by revealing the alternate perspectives of organization members.…
As the competitive environment changes businesses are…
Theory of Change Management Peter Senge promotes the idea of a Learning Organization as a theory of change management in his book ‘The Fifth Discipline’. Senge (2006) encourages the “rethinking of corporate philosophy” and a commitment to individual learning to establish a learning organization. Individual learning, according to Senge (2006), does not guarantee a learning organization, but without it, learning organization is impossible. Individual learning, therefore, is key to the establishment of a learning organization. Encouragement for individual learning requires “tapping the potential of people” according to Senge (2006).…
Also their culture does not fit some of the businesses that they want to juncture with. In this case development would be just what they need so that their organization can evolve and get to that level that Antonio wanted them to get to. Like said in the article, the elderly would climb from 39 million in 2009 to 72 million in 2030. This would mean that the Senior living Facilities would grow in residents and this would probably cause a major problem because the company would have to hire more employees, but that would mean he would have to hire more employees and he would have to train these employees to accept the company’s core values. Frank is worried that employees and management won’t agree to the company’s core values.…
Collective Learning Technology has brought huge influences on everyone’s lives. The Duke University had brought iPod as an academic device and educational experiment to all the first-year class students. The iPod inverted the traditional role of technology, which has many new functions. Students not only can listen to music, but also use the iPod as an academic device to collaborate with others. This concept can be seen in Project Classroom Makeover, by Cathy Davidson.…
Jack Welch, is United States one of the most successful CEO, running the most valuable firm in the US, General Electric. His main philosophies are: • Keep Business Simple and don’t over complicate it • Be practical and face reality • Don’t fear change • Fight Bureaucracy • Use your worker's brain • Identify people with best ideas and put them into practice And always keep learning from your associates, competitors, and customers. Learning should be consistent and then only you will be able to successfully position your company to take advantage of upcoming opportunities that will arise in future.…
3 Organisational Development Theory Much of the academic research on OD points the work of Kurt Lewin who is regarded as a founding father of OD (Mclean, 2005) Lewin was a phycologist, hence much of his theory and models originate from the field of social psychology. The key theoretical roots of action research, group theory and change models came from Lewin’s early work (Cheung-Judge & Holbeche, 2011). They form the underpinnings of many change models including Kotter’s eight stage change model.…
The Importance of the Triple Bottom Line Boyd Watson Columbia Southern University The triple bottom line is an accounting framework that incorporate three parts: social, environmental (or ecological) and financial performances. The triple bottom line measures how an organization impacts people, the planet, and profits on both a local and a global scale. The triple bottom line can be a valuable tool to support sustainability goals for companies. Many businesses have adopted the triple bottom line sustainability framework to evaluate their performance.…
The companies will do a better job of developing leadership and allowing more risk-taking by their employees. Employees will experience more broad-based empowerment. They will be a critical component of change implementation. The management culture in the organization of the twenty-first century will be well-trained and prepared to take challenges head on. The company culture must be adaptive, competitive machines that will be ready to change direction in a moment’s…
Classical Management Theory was opined in the late 19th century. It became prevalent in the first half of the 20th century, as companies sought to address concerns related to industrial management, like specialization, higher quality, efficiency, management-worker relationships and cost reduction. Whereas other management theories have advanced ever since, classical management tactics are still used today by several companies to grow their companies and to succeed. A good initiative is that, Google trains and empowers its employees to be smart creatives (Backer, 1998).…