Organizational commitment

the results we get whether good or bad, so it is imperative that organizations properly create readiness for change amongst everyone involved in order to minimize the risk of resistance to change. I chose the article, “Creating Readiness for Organizational Change” written by Achilles Armenakis and a panel of other authors to demonstrate how an organization can effectively create readiness for change and also to help me gain a better understanding of the process involved because the organization…

Understanding the Innovation Gap “How Leaders Can Close the Innovation Gap” is an article by Claude Legrand and David S. Weiss published in the Ivey Business Journal, which claims to offer “concise commentaries” and “productivity-enhancing management advice” (Ivey Business Journal). However, the article does not echo the professionalism expected from any business journal, and would more aptly be seen as a passable entry on a blogging website. While four “enablers” for innovation are suggested,…

Organizational Cultural Analysis and Leadership The fourth year consolidating nursing student has to complete 360 hours of clinical on an acute care neurology unit in Kingston’s acute care hospital. This paper will be analyzing the initial foundational steps that the nursing student needs to understand before trying to apply his change project. This plan will change the current behavior of placing soiled garbage in bins that have no lids. There will be a demonstration of what type of leadership…

Introduction Employee productivity is an important aspect of an organization. Companies must develop a good process control to keep employee productivity within the parameter desire in order for the businesses to succeed. Both individual and organizational must found common ground to keep the company alive (company must be profitable in order to exit). Employee productivity helps organization to be able achieve the profitable goal that has been set for the organization. According to Kinicki,…

Lincoln Electric’s Organizational Culture The Lincoln Electric Company (hereinafter referred to as, “Lincoln”) is a multinational corporation with operations in 19 countries, over ten-thousand employees, and a reported US$2.5 billion in 2015 net sales. Founded by John C. Lincoln in 1895, today the company is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio (USA) and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of welding equipment (Lincoln, 2016a; Lincoln, 2016b). Lincoln’s organizational culture has been the…

CHANGE MANAGEMENT: Change must always be embraced by the top brass, in order to be wholeheartedly accepted and adopted by the lower echelon of the company. Moving forward, we believe that Kurt Lewin’s model of change management may be very relevant in addressing the cultural and leadership challenges at Ford, Toyota, and VW: In our analysis, this model is best exemplified by the following observations from the three manufacturers: • Employees at Ford were not ready for the changes proposed…

Organizational culture can best be defined as a communal set of beliefs, expectations, and values that are communicated to each member of an organization. Each of these beliefs, expectations, and values influences the behavior of members within an organization. Culture is both seen and unseen. The six rites of an organization are artifacts of an organization's culture. They are physical demonstrations of when something significant has happened within the organization. The six rites are rites of…

According to Weber (1946), the term bureaucracy is used to describe a hierarchical organizational structure where expert managers direct tasks assigned to qualified employees based on specific written rules and regulations (pp. 196-198). This describes are very rational and impersonal approach to management with clearly defined roles, formal record keeping, and one-size-fits-all rules (Daft 2013, p. 27). Weber identified the following dimensions as being necessary for a properly functioning…

(1) The current organizational culture at Verizon is a mixture of the clan and adhocracy sections of the competing values framework. Verizon’s three main goals in 2011 were to build a business and workforce as good as its networks, to lead in shareholder value creation, to be recognized as an iconic technology company (Kinicki & Williams, p257). By setting out to achieve their goals they will be able to reach the top and get recognized as an iconic technology company. The clan culture will…

Hiring and Training practices: The quality of human resources who are knowledgeable, creative and brings operational excellence is an essential ingredient for a successful strategy execution. Target Corporation needs to look for a key quality and specific skill set from a potential employee. The specifics are friendly, can-do, and a cheerful attitude that is a must for employees whose key responsibilities include delivering great customer service going above and beyond what Target calls as…