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In John P. Kotter’s book, Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail, he stated his beliefs that an organization can succeed by using his simple eight steps. He also lists the reasons why organizations fail and how to prevent these failures by following his simple steps. He draws from experience of observing different companies who have failed in the past. By these situations, he has gained insights as to why these companies failed and how the managers could have avoided such failures.
In the beginning of his book he addresses the problem ...

Introduction

Study of change is the study of how organizations and individuals use different approaches in transitioning to new ways of doing things. A world-renowned change management expert and professor at Harvard Business School, John Kotter, introduced an eight-step change process in the 1995 book, “Leading Change”. The process is mainly referred to as Kotter’s model for change management. Scholars of change and other people studying change use the change management model. Leading directors and managers of companies to fasten the change process can also apply it.

The Three Significant Errors

Various significant errors are made out from these change stories. Firstly, the ...

Dell Company uses a functional organizational structure to enhance its functional productivity. Each department has a manager to whom all employees are answerable for the company to ensure the smooth running of all the departments. The company has also taken advantage of its structure to reap success and enhance sustainability. For instance, through specialization, the company has been in a position to maintain supplies for the changing demands for Dell electronics and accessories. The employees have enhanced their efficiency since the same tasks are performed often. However, not considering the functional organizations’ advantages to the company, it has developed ...

Introduction

Change is an integral component of successfully operating and sustaining a business. Ashland Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is no stranger to the problems and issues that arise in the struggle to achieve change within the organization. The company began in 1924 and had passed through multiple stages of change in order to become a company of an international scale . It steadily grew as it acquired various companies to gain strategic advantages in the market. The company has strived to follow a unified, efficient and low-cost structure to achieve success, as is mentioned in its mission statement. Honesty, integrity, ...

Hewlett Packard

Create a sense of urgency.
The case study shows that the Carly Fiorina the C.E.O was unable to create a sense of urgency. Dr. Kotter has listed this step at the top of his change strategy. He emphasizes that a number of companies that initiate a change process, underestimate the importance of this step. It seems like Fiorina too underestimated the need to create a sense of urgency. She seemed completely aware of the consequences if the merger does not take place. But she could not make realize, the staff of the company, how essential it is to initiate this change and what ...

Abstract

This paper is a robust effort to explain the United States intervention in international crises – majorly, genocides, atrocities and other foreign issues. The paper is a step by step systematic explanation of the problem, the proposed solution, the ideal future situation and the workability of the situation. The paper will broadly define the role of the United States as the only existing superpower in maintaining international order and peace. The next part will address the problems associated with intervention, especially the problems that are faced by the United States after the intervention. Additionally, the problems associated with the direct intervention, such ...

International Security

Debatably, the most potent lesson that all nations learnt from the first and second world wars, is the fact that sustaining war is one of the most expensive forms of public spending. War can drain the economic strength of a country to an extent that a country can shift from a first class economy to a middle income economy. Historians have always had to look at war as a detrimental social phenomenon that has negative impacts on the economic development of the state h, as well as the country building process. Contrary to this assumption, war has positive aspects as well. In the contexts ...

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Time-matrix is a theory of leadership that explains how a good leader should be able to respond to issues and how they take action. It involves factors that are of varying levels of importance, consequences and also what results are expected. It seeks to guide how a leader will respond to the various concerns based on their level of urgency. This theory, if applied by the leader would ensure that they are highly principles and also effective in their duties.

Howard Schultz is an example of a leader who acts his leadership role based on influence of the time matrix. ...

The twenty first century has already seen a rapid technoligization of practically every aspect of life. Indeed, it could not but affect the labor force. The question is: in what way has it done so?
Firstly and foremostly, apart from obvious computerization, we can speak of robots being introduced in the labor force environment. There are two facets of this process – the positive one and the negative one. As for the first, robots have taken on the most difficult and in certain cases most dangerous work. As for the second, it may be justly maintained that robots have endangered ...

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Cargo transport is generally the transportation of goods over varying regions with commercial instincts. There are different modes of transportation employed to ensure successful mobility of goods. The mode to be used varies mainly on the type and size of goods, region over which the goods are to be transported, cost and to some extent the urgency required. Logistics generally refers to all the processes involved in the transportation of physical goods from their point of production or original locality to the intended destination. Different products possess different forms of logistics. In essence, the logistics differ for different products ...

Time-matrix is a theory of leadership that explains how a good leader should be able to respond to issues and how he/she takes action. It involves factors that are of varying levels of importance, consequences and also what results are expected. It seeks to guide how a leader will respond to the various concerns based on the level of urgency. This theory, if applied by the leader would ensure that they are highly principled and effective.

Howard Schultz is an example of a leader who acts his leadership role based on influence of the time matrix. Even though he uses the concepts from ...

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

Mark to market, also called fair value accounting, has been one of the most controversial accounting methodologies in financial reporting. Mark to market refers to an accounting process in which the reporting entities report the value of assets and liabilities as per the current market value as opposed to the book price thus making the methodology highly subjective (Association of American Bankers, 2016: Serakibi, n.d.). Therefore, since the reported value is pegged on the prevailing market value, it follows that the value of the financial statement would change as the market changes. In most cases, the change in value ...

According to Smircich, L., & Morgan, G. (1982), Leadership is the ability of an individual to guide others and have the guided follow the leader's vision. Leadership is usually confused with management. However, leadership differs slightly with management. Unlike management that seeks to answer the question of guidance, management often focuses on having work done through the help of others. A good and efficient leader must have both elements of leadership and management. Steve Job is an example of an effective leader and what it takes for such a leader is discussed below.
Secondly, effective leaders are fearless and inspirational. ...

Description of the Problem

My community has developed a habit of ignoring their environment due to their careless attitude towards litter disposal. Despite the development and provision of the general dumping site, the community still does not utilize the dump site as provided by the governing body. This has led to the ugly nature of the community environment, and none of the stakeholders have developed an interest in solving the problem. This paper offers a description of the community problem of littering before offering a solution that will help alleviate the problem.
Litter scattering within my community has currently formed part of the ...

Introduction

Price discrimination is a strategy usually followed by a monopolist or even oligopolist where different consumers are charged different prices. Price discrimination can take three major forms, first degree price discrimination, second degree price discrimination and third degree price discrimination. In this paper we demonstrate how third degree price discrimination is practiced by the Airlines. We begin with a brief description of third degree price discrimination in the next section. In section III we discuss the methodology and data source of our research. In section IV we present the outcome of our research. Section V concludes the study.

Concept of Third Degree Price Discrimination

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Communication Skills in a Cross-Culturally Diverse Workplace

Communication Skills in a Cross-Culturally Diverse Workplace

Introduction

Globalization has given rise to an environment that continues to change in terms of complexity as local business expand and begin competing with other businesses for a share of the vast global market. Globalization has essentially compelled corporations, nations and by extension, regions to be overly interdependent (Adair, Hideg & Spence, 2013). This has resulted from greater consumer awareness that has resulted in the development of new standards and demands resulting from the fact that different nations project varying cultural inclinations (D'Netto et al, 2014). Nations and more specifically business are embracing the ...

Individual Resistance to Organizational Change

Introduction
Effective and efficient change management is critical to the continued organizational success. Initiation and effective management of planned organizational changes remains one of the most important aspects of strategic management, but despite the existence of a wealth of empirical and theoretical information on organizational change, the rate of success for such initiatives remains dismal. According to Kotter (2007), upwards of 80% of organizational change initiatives end in failure, with an estimated 50% of such plans collapsing before the actual implementation stage. Erwin & Garman (2010) observes that less than 38% of planned organizational change initiatives were successful, while only ...

Introduction

Golden Rice refers to the rice that was developed by scientists for the purposes of supplementing the need for vitamin A. The reasons behind the efforts that were marshaled to push for its discovery were along realms of the urgency and the need to salvage the effects of lack of Vitamin A in most foods (Schulze). As a result of the lack of the vitamin, many children in the world are suffering. Ultimately, several deaths had been reported. At the same time, medical reports dictate that, pregnant women are also greatly affected by the lack of Vitamin A. For these ...

Introduction

The American Civil War stood out as perhaps the most catastrophic historical event in the history of the United States (US). The sheer propensity of the armed conflict between Union and Confederate forces resulted to more than 600,000 deaths of soldiers from both sides – a number that rendered en masse military recruitment and conscription. The pressure to reach victory was strongly felt among the ranks of Union and Confederate forces that both sides did not hesitate to advertise their need to reinforce their respective regiments. Posters, perhaps the most sophisticated and effective advertising means at the time when the ...

This paper attempts to describe the change management initiatives required at PepsiCo USA which has lost considerable market share in core North American markets against the major competitor Coca Cola Beverages. The researcher has extensive knowledge about management style, culture and marketing practices about PepsiCo, which will be used in identifying the need of HR change at the global beverage giant. However, it should be noted that the researcher will be using most of the insights about the company gained during 2012 – 2013 as a result of work project. The paper starts with a brief description of PepsiCo in terms of ...

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Humanitarian response to the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2000 was from National Government and Non-Governmental Organizations. Support in form of rescue and relief workers got sent to Haiti. Humanitarian supplies got directly supplied to areas directly affected by the earthquake. National fund raising got organized in an effort to provide monetary support. Medical staff got sent and security personnel too. The urgency of the response to Haiti is important and the response to the appeal of donation. Use of questionnaires was quite helpful as it provided the best sample for the research. There was strong support for the humanitarian ...

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The project deals with the problem of divorce among African American families. The opening paragraphs induct into the overall state of affairs in the African American demographic group. Further sections of the research give insight into the reasons and the outcomes of family breakups for all family members. The research reflects the opinions of leading family planning, divorce, and psychology experts.
Keywords: divorce, family, cause, effect, African, American
Marriage is the formal unity of a man and a woman recognized and approved by the law and the church. However, there comes a time when a married couple is no longer willing ...

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 ...

Human behaviour is a complex topic because it is determined by various biological, social, and psychological factors. Depending on the factors influencing behaviour, a human being may act in a certain way without knowing why they had acted in such a manner. In Brain on Trial, David Eagleman explains the relationship that exists between neuroscience and criminal acts, and how this information can be used to build a better society with a justice system that is not ignorant of the facts of advances in brain science (121-123). This information can better equip those in the justice system to understand better why crimes occur and may ...

Claudia medical history has pointed towards demyelination as a major pathological feature responsible for the listed signs and symptoms said to affect her and made her visit the neurologist. The major initial symptoms noted by Claudia are that of the facial numbness on the chin and lower lip. This later seen to be referred to the upper jaw and then towards the eyes. All these events which occurred over several months and after the usage of certain medication a strong link with a chronic neurological degeneration which was not taking into consideration as earlier as possible in order to address the issue before ...

Good Supervisors are the backbone of any business strength and links the strategic planning of upper management with the body of the company. Therefore, all companies must rely on effective frontline managers for them to achieve the set objectives. The following are impacts relating to the way supervisors’ performance can affect those around them in the workforce. In this paper we are going to discuss the role of a supervisor in motivating, leading, and communicating in an organization.
Good supervisors are often people who make the different between meeting production targets and missing them. This is because they motivate ...

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The Conceal and Carry law refers to the law that allows citizens who legally own weaponry to carry them outside the confines of their homes. It comes amid the Illinois state ban of conceal and carry law. The courts of appeal ruled that the ban was unconstitutional and instructed the legislature to provide for the law. It is the popular belief among the citizenry that conceal and carry would be able to address crime problems in Illinois or to the least mitigate the occurrences and hence effectively reduce the levels of gun violence and other related crimes. The law ...

Adult learning involves the education practice of teaching adult. It may be offered through extension schools, community colleges, lifelong learning centers, universities, colleges and in some cases, libraries. However, while education may involve impacting new ideas in students, adult education maybe considered as training and development often associated with professional development of required skills. This in most cases is geared towards achieving of democratic society ready to adapt changes useful for careful evaluation of information.
Since adults have accumulated knowledge, education differs from that of children. Adults have accumulated skills that they add to the learning process. In ...

Importance of Improving the Digital Divide between all Countries

The Gap between people, businesses and households who have direct access to digitized technology at home or at any given time and those who do not have, has brought about the digital divide in the global ring. There is no uniformity on how people utilise the Internet for its vast opportunities like acquiring knowledge, trading and social relations among other benefits.
Diverse dissimilarities are replicated within and among nations. The capability of individuals, institutions and businesses in taking advantage of the Internet differ extensively across the globe.

Conversely, accessing the essential communication infrastructures is fundamental to any contemplation ...

This paper develops an outlook into the automated businesses in companies, the advantages and merits of adopting such a policy in the running of the factories and the possible consequences that may be experienced as a result of the same. There is a bias taken towards the critical analysis of the factors that may lead a company into adopting automation of its systems. A comparison of the traditional methods of running business and the modern technologically savvy approach is also given preference in as far as the business automation is concerned. There is also the analysis of the consideration to be made when ...

Introduction

Drug abuse (also called substance abuse) is generally a worldwide problem. National governments have launched various programs to attack this problem. However, no single program has evidenced its total eradication. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (2011), drug abuse and addiction create negative consequences for people and for the whole society. The total estimates of the overall costs of drug abuse in the United States alone exceed $600 billion every year. (Ibid.) This figure includes productivity, health and crime-related costs. It also includes an estimated US$181 billion for illicit drugs, $193 billion for tobacco, and $235 ...