Essays on Change Model

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Change Model for Short-Term Change

The planned change is to set-up a website to sell-off long-standing inventory items. This change is small and specific and would involve only a small number of people. For this kind of scenario, the Action Research would be suitable (Weiss, 2016). It has been proven effective for planned change for small to medium-scale change interventions. It can allow implementers to immediately go into planning and implementation through data collection and analysis. The project leader will also act as a change consultant to effect the implementation of the website. His first task is to identify impacts of ...

Introduction

On June 23, 2016, UK held a referendum in which 52% of the voters chose to leave the European Union (EU) against 48% who chose to stay (Taub, 2016). The Brexit presents a massive change. Without a doubt, the Brexit will strongly influence how project managers will run their projects. Hillary and Allen (2016) observe that all sectors and organization will have to review the risks and opportunities that will emanate from Brexit. Unfortunately, project managers, like everyone else, have limited information that would help them to assess the risks and opportunities associated with the Brexit. Notwithstanding the lack ...

Impetus for Change

Impetus for Change In any organization, there is always room for improvement and change at regular intervals. Department of Juvenile Justice makes sure that the youth is controlled and supervised in communities through supervision, counseling, and various other services. The paper highlights the type of change in an organization’s structure needed to bring improvement in the services provided and how the change is communicated to see the practical result. Successful change requires proper guidance and leadership abilities. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the type of change brought in Department of Juvenile Justice to meet the ...

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Introduction

Change is a process that impacts all organizations. As observed by management expert, Kurt Lewin, “group life is never without change, merely differences in the amount and type of change exist” (Burnes, 2004, p. 981). Most change initiatives, however, fails because of the tendency of people to resist change. People, according to management experts, fear change and so they tend to revert back to old ideas and practices even if the change is for the better. This tendency of the individuals to resist change affects the organization as a whole. Also, the longer the ...

Implementing Change

IMPLEMENTING CHANGE Change is an inevitable and crucial undertaking for an organization. Changes are introduced as a strategy to solve the existing problems faced by an organization. For the XYZ Company to emerge successfully and fight its weaknesses adequately, it will need to implement some changes. The paper covers the types of change, models of change to use and the involvement of internal and external stakeholders in change management. It also includes the methodology that the XYZ Oilfields Company can use to evaluate the success of the implemented change model.

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Management at a Company

Management at a Company Nowadays every organization has to undergo changes in order to remain competitive and increase profits. Hewlett-Packard Company is a large organization that has been working for many decades already. It has been successfully developing since the times of its creation due to its professional management and regular implementation of changes that help the company to adjust its activities in accordance with the current situation in the market and customers’ needs. This research paper is devoted to the business activities of Hewlett-Packard Company and the organization of change initiatives by its management.

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INTRODUCING EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX (ESI) FOR BETTER PATIENT OUTCOME

Introducing Emergency Severity Index (ESI) for Better Patient Outcome Introduction to ESI The core objective of various triage tools across the emergency department attributes to the systematic prioritization of the patients in accordance with the severity of their clinical conditions in the context of determining the period until which the patient might wait in the emergency department before his/her evaluation by the healthcare professionals (Gilboy et al., 2011). The nurse professional after executing a focused assessment of the patient determines the waiting time and accordingly provides a triage acuity level of the patient in the emergency department. The patient ...

Healthcare environments are significantly prone to the risk of infection. Apparently, given the many avenues for possible infection that are evident in healthcare environments, there is an urgent need for intervention that such places demand. Several studies have revealed that all the people who participate in such environments stand a risk of getting infected, an aspect that further raises concern on the way those in charge of such places conduct their activities. The current paper identifies where the risk stems from, the possible interventions that should be initiated to curb the involved risks and it provided a reliable model ...

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Term and Year Skin-to-Skin Contact for Neonates The separation of mother and neonate for non-urgent medical reasons is a growing trend in nursing practice. However, research has indicated that the practice can have a deleterious long term effect on the healthy infant and mother with regard to breast feeding, cardio-respiratory stability, and blood glucose levels (Moore, Anderson, Bergman, & Dowswell, (2014). The solution to the problem is to initiate skin-to-skin contact at birth (Moore, et al., 2014). The nursing focused plan is to introduce the practice of skin-to-skin contact following birth, which entails placing the naked infant prone on the ...

Introduction

Change is a perpetual in today’s fast paced world. What is modern today becomes obsolete tomorrow. New technologies mean a change in the way on thinks, learns and gets his information or uses it. Any organization may feel the challenges brought about by those new technologies and why they need to implement them within their culture. Any change within or outside an institution is sure to incite mixed reception and perception among its members and clients. The essay applies a change theory to an organizational-based on Kotter’s change model and plans a change process. The change process ...

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Paper Due Date Why Major Organizational Change Fail? Organizations and individuals are subject to numerous factors, which influence decisions and actions, taken in a given external environment. While many contemporary organizations already understood that responsiveness and flexibility are the key to success and sustainable development, a lot of them still fail in their change efforts. Kotter (2002) argues that people and organizations fail not because they are incompetent or unemotional, but because they do not have an opportunity to experience a highly successful change. The point made in this work is that people tend to be extremely resistant to ...

Introduction

Sustaining a business can be a challenging task especially during the times when it needs to change its strategies or adopt new approached. That is why, it is important that business owners must be open to any forms of business model changes in order to sustain the profitability and save the business itself. Thus, changing the model of the business can be done through development of short-term change and long-term change. The purpose of this study is to present two change models that are applicable for both short and long-term changes of Sea Treasure, a small group of retails ...

Introduction: Organizational Change 3

Importance of Organizational Change 3 Company Overview: Verizon Communications Inc. 4 History 4 Present Scenario 5 Diagnosis 6 Kotter’s 8-Step Approach 7 Sense of Urgency 8 Guiding Coalition 8 Strategic Vision 9 Communicating Vision 9 Remove Barriers 10 Short Term Wins 10 Sustain Acceleration 11 Conclusion 12

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Introduction: Organizational Change Change is consistent in nature. A business undergoes many changes during a course of its operation. The change may be due to political, technological, economic or other reasons. To survive and flourish in operations, the business should adapt itself to meet the change successfully. The organization can adapt ...

Introduction

Organizations refer to entities or enterprises with distinct goals and aspirations, which operate within strict definitions or boundaries (Senior, 2002). In this perspective, organizational change is a phenomenon that occurs in every organization with a wide operation base. However, the magnitude of change is dependent on the size of the organization or the complexity of operations that the company or an organization engages in, either in products or customers. Moreover, organizational change can also be planned by the organization or unplanned. Unplanned organizational change is a result of external and internal forces that lead to the change of operations ...

Change is a crucial component of an individual’s or a company’s success. This is due to the fact that the institution must always be ready to embrace the shift in the environment that surrounds it. Change helps the institution to be able to adapt to the shift in how the company or the institution’s customer preferences. With all this is mind, it is clear that Sea Treasures have to be able to embrace the various changes that come its way. The company will always tend to adapt various models in order to make the change happen. ...

As afore-mentioned, knowledge deficit is a major problem facing the management of pediatric asthma. Asthma management cannot be optimal devoid of a proper understanding of various self-efficacy and asthma monitoring skills. This explains why an asthma education program for this patient population is quite promising in terms of addressing the problem. Imparting this new knowledge (knowledge on asthma management and self-efficacy) can be viewed under the lens of the Diffusion of Innovations Theory by Everett Rogers. This theory is pretty relevant and in line with this EBP project since it essentially seeks to transmit new ideas or new knowledge ( ...

Introduction

This paper focuses on the key facilitation concepts and techniques, and it creates an action plan for Roger Corporation on how to apply the concepts to ensure the project teams manage their time well.

Ability to understand the culture and client needs

Understanding the culture of the organization and consumers’ needs is an essential technique of a facilitator that leads to better utilization of the available resources. While the culture is defined, the requirements of the clients may not be fully known. However, the facilitator should strive to understand these needs and document them during the project. Importantly, the facilitator should exhibit empathy, interview techniques and ability ...

All people worldwide watch TV, but not everyone enjoys watching regular TV with channels that offer programs at specific time on non-portable screens with old fashioned remote controls. Nowadays Internet TV, which is personalized and available at any time of the day, is replacing regular TV experience. The new era of Internet TV looks very perspective, flexible and big around the world. People's tastes are broad and the Internet provides a wide variety of interests today and is even able to meet everybody’s needs based upon individual users' tastes. Today being one of the leading firms of the ...

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Term and Year Eliminating CLABSIs Through Specialized IV Care Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major area of concern for inpatient care, resulting in thousands of deaths, and billions of dollars in preventable medical cost per year (CDC, 2016). As such, it is important, both with regard to medical responsibility, and with regard to controlling the cost and effectiveness of healthcare to implement policies and procedures that fully prevent, or meaningfully reduce the incidence of CLABSIs in the clinical setting. One means of doing so is to establish specialized IV teams to manage and control central lines, in ...

Change management is an approach that ensures that changes are smoothly and thoroughly implemented to achieve benefits in the end. According to the article leading through change by Kimberly King, various critical points assist one in developing change management skills in an organization. First, communication should be done upwards and not sideways or downwards. As a manager who is focusing on introducing change in any organization, one should emphasize on communicating with those above in position. It will enable one to understand more and get enough information, which will help to introduce change downwards and sideways (Upchurch, 2016, p. ...

Introduction

The need for change in any environment, individual or organizational, cannot be overemphasized because of the critical role that change creates in these situations. However, individuals are said to be change agents that enable organizations to change a transformation that creates a positive culture, bottom line and public image (Burke 2013). In this assessment, the paper discusses a change theory applicable to the article by Kimberly King, “Leading Through Change.” It makes a critical review of the article based on the theory and then gives a personal perspective on how to implement change.

Change models or theories (John Kotler’s Change Model)

Companies go through change as a ...

When I was a teenager, I underwent a personal change. The process of changing myself was a difficult road to walk. I had to overcome a lot of internal reluctance to accomplish the changes that I needed to make. Furthermore, this changing process is a continuous one, and to this day I am still trying to maintain the changes that I made when I was fourteen years old. To be successful in this endeavor, on a daily basis, I have to overcome my internal resistance to the habits and patterns of thought that I established years ago. Until I ...

Essay synopsis

Introduction to Management Introduction The management challenges are those problems with that the manager and administration make hard struggles to come up with the solutions. Most of the field experts and research studies have found that most business problems and challenges are usually derived from the lack of communication or unorganized communication (Njomo 38). Drucker (17, 18) has stated in his book that the management challenges are not new but they have been remained a part of the organisations and business from decades. Some of the major challenges include technology, leadership, creativity, innovation and competitive advantage. These challenges are ...

Managing Change

Introduction Organizational change has become a significant feature in today’s business environment. According to Burke (2008), the need for change and the demand for organizations to adapt and modify their operations have intensified. In fact, the most prevalent challenge in many organizations has been the need to cope with the rapid change. In a recent study conducted by leadershipIQ.com, a failure to manage the organizational change is one of the top reasons for termination of jobs for many managers (Murphy 2015, para 1). This failure is attributed to the managers’ inability to motivate employees, especially by not articulating ...

Introduction

The present report delves into the expansion of Carrefour, a leading multinational retailer in the world, into the United Kingdom retail market. The first part of the report describes both the micro and macro environmental factors, which this multinational retailer ought to take into consideration to reduce its risk of failure in the UK market. The second section explains how the UK government policies on mergers and acquisitions can have an impact on Carrefour’s growth strategies in the United Kingdom. The third part elucidates how Carrefour’s management can utilize Kurt Lewin change model of unfreezing, change, and ...

Executive summary

It is evident that Malaria remains to be one of the main issues affecting children in Sierra Leone. Essentially, the high child mortality rate resulting from Malaria infections in Sierra Leone has become a critical concern. This position has been reiterated by the National Health Sector Strategic Plan. The organization revealed that Malaria has become both a health, social and economic challenge to the country. In essence, it has been identified that the disease is the primary causative agent of children deaths in the nation. Although there are other diseases that account for children deaths, Malaria still remains a ...

Research on psychotherapy denotes that there is a great degree of influence that therapeutic relationship has upon the outcome of counselling, although the mechanism that is used in the relationship that eventually brings in the change is unidentified. The desire to comprehend the way in which psychotherapy could help people change has been an inspiring aspect for researches and practitioners in the field of counselling psychology for several decades now. This inspiration has resulted in the accumulation of vast amount of literature, both theoretical as well as empirical, with respect to the various mechanisms that facilitate change in the ...

IMPROVEMENT IN THE HEALTH (NURSING) SYSTEM

Improvement in the health (nursing) system Nurses are an important part of the society. According to Dorothy Johnson’s behavioral systems design, the human being is a system that when disrupted, nurses assist in restoring the system to normal functionality (Johnson 1990). According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), the nursing profession is faced with several challenges that hinder the full dispensation of the duties as a nurse should. Some of these challenges include staffing problems, mandatory overtime and lack of security when handling patients. All these problems can be tied to management of the organizations. If the management at ...

1. Describe the culture of Canada and compare it with India. What are some of the main similarities and differences? Where do you think people from India culture would have problems integrating into Canadian culture? (Use cultural dimensions discussed in class as the basis for your comparison) Canada is a relatively young country, having been discovered by Europeans in the 15th century but only becoming a confederate in 1914. Throughout its history, Canada has been invaded and populated by the French and the British, and has retained very liberal immigration policies, encouraging a mix of European (Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Swedish, ...

Increasing the Number of Nurses

Currently there is a key challenge that is facing the US; the nurse to patient ratio is a challenge that has been there for a number of years. The number of patients is gradually increasing especially in an era where lifestyle diseases have become a social challenge. Many health facilities are understaffed and therefore it is difficult to provide quality health services when there are inadequate service providers. Many health care managers are investing in upgrading their equipment while ignoring the number of staff who is required to provide health services to the increasing number of patients. Many organizations that are in control ...

Introduction

The healthcare sector is one of the most vital institutions today. People require access to healthcare services in order to maintain a good health. An effective change design is needed in order to offer quality services to people. Change is essential in any institution because it enables people to have quality access to services in a more convenient way (Fawcett & Garity, 2009). The following paper focuses on change in the health sector through the introduction of compulsory two months palliative care course to all nurses. Implementation of the following program will be achieved using the Rosswurm and Larrabee six step ...

Introduction

HCL technologies is a leading information technology company in India .In 2005, the company launched a massive new strategy. This strategy termed as ‘Employee first, customer second’ revolutionalised the way the company conducted its business. The major objectives of this strategy was to create an employee’s organization with unique aspects, create accountability and transparency in the organization, create an organization that was drive inverted and finally foster a value based culture. This particular case study aims to describe the different aspects involved in this program, the program’s impact and effects on the engagement patterns of the employee, innovation, customer ...

The Ongoing Story of Starbucks Turn Around:

2014 Leadership Change The Ongoing Story of Starbucks Turn Around: 2014 Leadership Change

Introduction

In 2014 Starbucks announced major organizational changes starting a new leadership structure as part of its ongoing turn around focus from 2008. The new leadership restructure intended providing leverage in its operations and assets as well as gaining maximum benefit from the consumer, retail, digital, and mobile shifts currently underway in the global marketplace. Review of the past success of Starbucks’ organizational leadership change in 2008 provides the underpinnings of the direction of this next major change. The past success and the focus of the ...

Introduction

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is one of the biggest entities that operates from Singapore. Due to the nature of the industry it operates within and the quest to become a global giant, Singapore Airlines continuously changes its strategic and operational systems. This has culminated in many modifications and adjustments that are due to decisions from its shareholders and the topmost directors and managers. The purpose of this report is to critically evaluate and analyse organisational change and its modification in SIA over the past 5 years. This will include the discussion of the initiators of change and the desired objectives. The ...

Chapter 3: Perception and Learning

The concept of perception in organizations refers to the process in which information about other people is received, and sense is made out of the received information. It entails the creation opinions about other people based on what has been heard, seen and read about him or her. Perception in organizations includes how people in the organizations perceive themselves too based on characteristics they believe to possess. The concept is very important in organizations because apparently it determines how employees will relate with one another. According Greenberg, (91), people tend to have a positive perception about their personalities. When employees ...

Abstract

A change management plan is created for a possible information technology (IT) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) upgrade at a high-level medical technology firm. These changes are the result of a recent downturn in employee morale and productivity stemming from a recent economic recession. However, the upgrade is intended to provide a suitable means for productivity to be further streamlined and increase worker morale, using a number of change management strategies to implement the change. Resistance to change is addressed, and strategies include Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model, Lewin’s change model, the technology acceptance model, and others. The result is a successful and soundly-created change ...

The contemporary organizations are operating in the information age characterized by rapid information sharing, stiff completion, unprecedented changes and divergent employees and customers particularly in cultural aspects. To be successful, an organization must strive to meet all the expectations of its clients as well those of its stakeholders and shareholders. Effective communication, work teams, goals setting, change management and the organization’s culture must be handled effective since compromising any of these aspects that are intertwined will ultimately compromise the success of an organization. As agents of change, managers are confronted by continuous modernization in computer and information expertise ...

Leadership in Health and Social Care: The challenge of promoting effective teamwork on hand hygiene compliance in an inter-disciplinary environment for team leaders in Hong Kong authority hospitals

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Introduction: Hand hygiene is the single most effective and cost efficient method for preventing and reducing the transmission of hospital acquired infections. Adherence to hand hygiene practices is the most important method of reducing infections in healthcare facilities. Because hands of healthcare workers frequently serve as vectors for the transmission of organisms between patients, and are also a major reservoir for pathogens with antimicrobial resistance, the simple act of washing ones ...

Beginning the Process of Job Redesign

I would begin by initiating an inquiry with all departmental heads. I would plan a retreat with all departmental heads to come up with a strategic plan on how to redesign the job. This is essentially a consultative approach that I believe will enable me to come up with a strategic approach that will be successful. Having noted that this model has often failed, the initial steps of this process would also include studying why this model has failed in order to avoid mistakes already made that have prevented the success of this approach. Failure to do this will result to another failed ...

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Executive Summary

The current discourse presents an analysis of the problems encountered by Newlands, a hospital located Ireland. Case facts revealed that Newlands’ staff had been accustomed to the way they do things and are reported to exhibit reluctance to change. However, recent developments in the external environment, including the Regional Health Board’s requirement for level 4 qualification necessitate urgent improvements. As such, through the request of the CEO and the Board of Directors, the report details the problem encountered, the alternative courses of action, as well as the recommended ...

J.C. Penney Change Management Strategy

Introduction

Modern day fast-paced organizations are such that change is ever-present. From new technologies, changing market demands and internal need for growth among other factors, many organizations are in a constant state of change. However, the failure rate of many change initiatives in organizations is alarmingly high, which could prove detrimental to the organization since change initiatives cost money, financial resources and utilize both physical and human capital. J.C. Penney (JCP) is perhaps a perfect illustration of the nature of change and the cost of failure. JCP operates in department store and supermarket business environment, which is ...

Change management plays an important role in the modern business environment. Its importance is increasing simultaneously with the technology, science and business processes development. Every organization that has been operating for many years experiences changes. Change management is a transitioning of teams, individuals and organizations to a preferred future state. The organizations that are willing to implement changes may prefer to use one of the change models suggested by the scientists. For example, they may choose Lewin’s change model or Hammer’s business process reengineering model. The researcher Lewin suggests the model that includes three phases of organizations’ transformation. ...

Following the increased wastage in the inventory management of the organization, the organization focuses on changing its type of inventory management from ABC technique to just in time technique. To make this change the company has made effort to make the employees understand the reason as to why the change is required. The process of the change is similar to Lewin’s model of organization change. First, the organization has seen has seen increased wastage in its inventory management by the use of the ABC analysis technique. To enhance acceptability of the change the organization has involved the ...

The Effect on Job Satisfaction and Adverse Patient Event in Full Time Registered Nurses with Unit Float Assignments Compared With Those Whose Unit Assignment Are Fixed In an Acute

Chamberlain College of Nursing NR451 RN Capstone Course Term and Year Increasing Nursing Job Satisfaction The work environment for a registered nurse is very significant to their turnover and job satisfaction. In addition to this, the work environment is also influential in the patient outcomes (Ulrich et al., 2006). In recognition of this fact, this paper looks at the utilization of registered nurses in float assignments. The ...

Change Theory

Evidence emanating from a host of studies suggests that computerized prescriber ordering system (CPOE) help to reduce the relative risk for medication errors. In so doing, they help to reduce associated adverse events and extra costs (Radley, 2012; Ammenwerth et al., 2008). CPOE entails implementation of an e-prescribing system. Their implementation is a key requirement of the 2009 Healthcare Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). All hospitals are expected to have complied with this standard by 2015 failure to which they will be penalized (Radley et al., 2012). The purpose of this paper is to discuss application of ...

The CAGE questionnaire is one of the methods used to screen alcohol patients. It is important to use this method because it is a very sensitive method used to identify excessive drinking in patients. The CAGE questionnaire is also very accurate and specific especially if it contains open-ended questions. Most clinics also prefer this method because it is easy to use. Using an alcohol withdrawal management protocol is one of the common and yet difficult methods to use. Many people opt not to use this particular method because of one reason or the other. My experience, when using the alcohol ...

- Analyze the approach to change taken in this company Changes are inevitable and considered to be the engine of success in management practice. Though it is always a difficult process of implementing the changes in the company’s everyday life due to various resistance factors. The same is true about the company where John Smithers worked. Let us analyze the approach to changes taken in the company by defining the barriers and drivers of change in the company. As we can see from the chart above the amount of barriers exceeds the amount of drivers of change. ...

- In 250 words, identify three reasons why social workers learn about the Stages of Change Model in South Australia. Provide two examples to highlight your points. The stages of change model is an integrated model of behavioral change. This model focuses on the decision making of the individual and therefore influences their behavior. It describes the factors that will influence the decision making of an individual and overall how their overall behavior will change. Because of this, it is a very important tool in health promotion. Many other approaches can be used to promote health such as biological ...

1-1 Evaluate current creative and innovative management processes in your organization (if not choose a company) by using the Innovation assessment checklist given to you by Tutor. Describe the procedures and make comparisons with other departments/organizations? eBay was founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar and is headquartered in San Jose, California in the United States. Its strategy and goals are aligned to its mission, which is to reach every customer in the world by providing them with a global platform. It is an e-commerce company that provides platforms and services that enable the conduct of buying and selling transactions for ...

- Analysis of Different Approaches to Performance Evaluation - Management by Objective (MBO) Approach Management by objective (MBO) is an approach to performance management that helps plan personal and organizational goals. Also, MBO offers effective means of performance monitoring and compliance of the results with the goals set. MBO provides the tools of planning, managing, and monitoring the goals. Also, MBO helps set measurable goals and track their performance according to a schedule. Thus, using MBO, organizations can increase their efficiency, improve morale, and save resources. However, MBO has certain disadvantages as well, namely: not all tasks involve ...

Organizational development is often associated with incremental and planned organizational and personal changes by using behavioural and social knowledge which increases the effectiveness of an organization. Change has become a challenge for top management in organizations to cope with (Anderson, 2012). In the following paragraphs, I will be discussing my observations about organizational change and development. in addition, changes within organizational change and its development, how to manage these organizational changes, future implications of the study, the improvement required in learning this concept, ways and means to overcome difficulties in developing knowledge and skills with respect to organizational change and ...

Introduction

It is estimated that surgical site infections affect more than 5% of all surgery operations conducted on patients in the United States (Hemani, 2009, p. 2). Between 750, 000 and 1 million surgical site infections happen in the United States on a yearly basis (Edminston, 509). Current estimates show that surgical site infections are among the leading causes of patient mortality and morbidity during surgery. In fact, surgical site infections rank third in the number of reported incidences of health care associated infections according to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Edminston, 509). Before dwelling on some of the ...

Introduction

Organizational changes in management benefits incorporating the application of Kotter’s 8-step Change Model. Review of the following academic exercise part one outlining a change management plan through the Human Resource (HR) department of Kudler Communications provides a number of descriptions integrated with applying the Kotter Model. RBSGROUP (2014) on communicating the vision of the change incorporating the Kotter Model means, “Ensuring that as many people as possible understands and accepts the vision (p. 3).” The focus of the HR change centers on management continuity. “Once the corporate decision has been made to pursue business continuity planning as an initial ...

Change management helps, and enables the employees in the acceptance of a change in order to realize the objectives of the business (By, 2005). It serve as a bridge between the results and the solutions, and it is mainly about people, and the collective action and role they perform in order to bring the change and fruitful outcome for the organization. Change management is necessary due to the reason that it leverages the daily organization’s mechanisms for developing and influencing the employees through various activities such as training, better leadership and communication (Burnes, 2004). Further, change management facilitates action of ...

Introduction

The study of behavior and the behavioral change is an important area of interest in the contemporary psychology. The paper is based upon the experience of bringing self-directed positive change in my procrastinative behavior. The experience relevant to the paper is generated and studies on the basis of the Stages of Change Model (Demetriou & Raftopoulos, 2000, pp.23). The behavior can be modified in a process comprised of five steps. At the Precontemplation stage, one may or may not be aware of his/her problem. In transitioning to the Contemplation stage, one thinks about the behavioral problem and decided to change it. ...

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Background of Research 6 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 7 2.1 Emerging markets 7 2.2 Marketing in Emerging markets – Opportunities and Challenges 7 2.3 Marketing practices in Emerging markets 9 2.4 Advanced Marketing practices 10 2.5 Cross Cultural Management – Practical Examples 11 2.6 Cross Cultural Issues 12 2.7 marketing culturally sensitive products 12 2.8 Theoretical Models – Comparing First world and Emerging markets nation’s culture 15

Hofstede’s Dimensions of Culture 15

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Awareness and Habits in the KSA

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Change Management: Developing Environmental Sustainability Awareness and Habits in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Sustainability has become the shared goal of people around the world. The United Nations General Assembly has defined sustainability as “improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of the Earth’s supporting eco-systems” (UN 1987). The concept of sustainability is based on the need for changing to alternative energy sources and the need to respect the natural environment. The possibilities range from living in homes that make use of passive solar energy to living with state-of-the-art technology in smart and intelligent homes. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) ...

Recent studies have established that people do not mind their eating habits. They do not know the dangers either associated with poor eating habits, or are just ignorant to the fact that healthy eating is paramount to healthy societies. However, poor eating habits should not be confused for malnutrition (Krahn and Lengyel, et al. 2011). The major problem associated with poor eating habits is obesity, which exposes people to diseases such as hypertension, coronary artery diseases and diabetes. These are very threatening diseases that have very simple origin-poor eating habits-but also have simple solutions - proper dietary measures.

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Introduction

Medicine Organizations operate in an unpredictable environment characterised with price fluctuations, change in consumer behavior and legal provisions. In order to cope with challenges accruing from these changes, organizations need to implement effective measures to counteract the same. This implies that change is inevitable and that any organization desiring to transform into learning and dynamic organization should be ready to change. The rate at which organization need to change has increased steadily in the last few years especially with the advancement of science and technology coupled with the emergence of the computer era. Many organization have integrated technology ...

Part 3: Diagnosing the Change

According to Beer & Spector (1993), the changes made in organizations are targeted to bring improvements in organization’s performance and efficiency. There are various methods have been developed over a period of time to evaluate the effectiveness of changes made in the organizations (Beer & Spector, 1993). These models evaluate present conditions of the organization and diagnose the problems along with designing suitable changes. It is very essential to select right diagnostic model to evaluate the organization’s performance and changes. Organization should select right change model, depending upon the problems it is facing and areas need improvements.

McKinsey 7S Framework:

The change model ...