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Effective communication during planned change
In a world in which change is considered the only constant, changes in an organisation's strategy, structure, processes and/or technology are a prerequisite for success. A main reason why many organisational change efforts do not achieve the desired results is seen in the lack of understanding and …
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The Perceptions of a Planned Change Strategy on a Transitioning Middle School
… of the Trek trained staff toward this change process.
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Lecturer receptivity to a major educational change in the context of planned change at Rajabhats in Thailand
… of t999, the educational system in Thailand was changed after 1999, the largest educational change in Thailand in 50 years. The achievable aims of the change were divided into eight main aspects covering, primary, secondary and higher education. These were: (1) ensuring access to basic education …
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Culture and planned change in an international organization : building a regional structure in South America and Asia
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1992.
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Process Approach to Planned Change: A Study of an Attempt to Change the Organizational Climate in School Districts
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T19:55:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7811225.pdf: 7664298 bytes, checksum: 056b8fa20eae9d2eed2c31355ce30a46 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1978
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Perception of agricultural extension problems in Kenya by policy- makers, supervisors, and field personnel: implications for planned change
… commonality is seen as a good basis for future planned change aimed at improving the problem-solving capacity of the organization.
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How Leaders Use the Construct of Culture to Influence Change Resistance: A Study of a Planned Change Initiative in a Combined Government and Military Organization
… organizational leadership and organizational change. The literature indicates that leaders can influence organizational change by attending to and modifying an organization's cultural dimensions. Much of this literature, however, is theoretical and speculative, and the empirical work that does …
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Anchoring Change in Higher Education : Narratives from Senior Executives at Malcolm Baldrige Award-Winning Institutions
… explore Kotter’s (1996) eighth stage for leading change. Specifically, it is to identify strategies for anchoring planned change in institutions of higher education.</p> <p><em>Design. </em> This is a qualitative multiple case study. Each of the participating organizations is an institution of …
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The Necessity for Communicative Engagement Capability in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions
<p>Frequent organizational change has become inescapable in postmodern organizations. While thousands of articles and texts have been written on the topic of organizational change offering models and strategies for accomplishing planned change, the majority of change initiatives fail to meet …
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Validation of the probability of the adoption of change model: an exploratory analysis
The Probability of the Adoption of Change (PAC) model (Creamer & Creamer, 1986a, 1986b, 1988, 1989, 1990; Creamer, Creamer, & Ford, 1991) is a planned change model consisting of nine constructs postulated to influence the success of planned change projects. The constructs in the model include …
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Tacit Culture and Change: A Model of Change Constructed From Institutional Assumptions and Beliefs
… demands and decreasing budgets. Innovation and change in higher education occur in the face of limited institutional resources. Meeting the challenges confronting colleges and universities is best accomplished by applying planned change efforts that recognize tacit culture (underlying …
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The influence of transformational Leadership, organizational culture, and personality on employee resistance to change within a manufacturing organization in Cape Town
Various reasons exist as to why change initiatives in organizations fail. Some research studies indicate that 60-70% of planned change initiatives fail due to performance not meeting the required expectations or plans not simply being implemented. Given this new reality of change, changing …
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Perceptions of Organisational Culture: A Case Study Set Within the Context of Recent Developments in Higher Education
… measure. This research focused on the effects of planned change on the organisational culture among staff that present HE programmes in a large mixed economy college in the United Kingdom (UK). After a critical review of the current literature on organisational culture was conducted a case study …
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Implementing the English language syllabus (secondary level): the Singapore experience
… study attempts to illuminate the processes of planned change. More specifically, it examines the difficulties of implementing a revised English language syllabus in the context of Singapore's educational, cultural, socio-economic and political frameworks. It considers, too, those who plan …
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Improving Breastfeeding Rates by Using Glucose Gel to Treat Newborn Hypoglycemia
… in Southern California used Lewin’s Theory of Planned Change to implement an alternative intervention for the treatment of newborn hypoglycemia. Evidence based articles as well as collaboration with surrounding hospitals was used to support the use of oral dextrose gel instead of supplemental …
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Identifying and addressing white supremacy in social work education
… evaluative case study (Patton, 2017) on the planned change process at the Colorado State University School of Social Work. Drawing on feminist standpoint theory, this participatory evaluative case study analyzes how social location influences participants' perceptions of a multi-year …
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Strategies Used by The Georgia University Registrar When Implementing Technology Change
… registrars for implementing technological change and how those strategies align with Kotter's (1996) eight-stage model of change and registrars' readiness for change. The purposive sample was comprised of the respondents from the thirty-five University of Georgia System institutions. Eleven …
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"Unfreezing" Year-Round Programming: A Case Study of Organizational Change in Summer Camps
… Using Kurt Lewin’s Three-Step model of planned change, themes were characterized into one of Lewin’s stages of “unfreezing,” “changing,” and “refreezing.” Two themes did not pertain to one of Lewin’s stages, but were still relevant. Although listed individually, the themes were all …
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A Comparison of Two Theories of Resistance to Innovation in Medical Record Administration Baccalaureate Degree Programs
… obstacle to the successful implementation of planned change in colleges and universities. The purpose of this study was to compare two explanations of resistance to innovation to determine which one best explains the variance in receptivity and proposed innovations among faculty members in …
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Constitutive Relations Among Conflict, Power, and Change in Complex Organizations: An Ethnographic Study of a Government Research and Development Laboratory
… and its interconnectedness with power and change in a complex hierarchical organization. Three kinds of data were collected: observation of groups involved with implementing a planned change effort, interviews with members of the organization, and archival documents such as memoranda and …
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