Ready for Change? [electronic resource] : Transition Through Turbulence to Reformation and Transformation /
Rathbone, Cora Lynn Heimer.editor.
Aimed at managers and executives wanting insight into how to better drive change at the micro and macro level, Ready for Change? Provides guidance in understanding the factors within different business disciplines that enable and disable lasting change through examples of good practice and 'not so good' practice within real organisations.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Spurring Innovation through Strong HRM Systems; Introduction; HRM practices that promote exploratory learning; HRM practices designed to exploit existing knowledge; Induction; Appraisal; Training; Contingent reward; Teamwork; Results; Discussion; Postscript; Summary; Action points; Self-assessment tool; Notes; Further reading; Chapter 2 Establishing Organizational Receptivity for Change; Introduction; Policy implementation and complexity; First level change - four receptivity factors
Complex systems - establishing analytical categoriesSecond level of change - the new and fifth receptivity factor of possibility space; Implications; Organizational practice; The TRANSFORMATION Project; Conclusion; Summary; Action points; Self-assessment tool; Further reading; Chapter 3 The Alchemy of Entrepreneurial Business Growth; Introduction; Background: what we know about High-Growth Firms; High-Growth Firms in the UK - a new analysis; Public policy and small firm growth; Proposition 1: promotion; Proposition 2: market segmentation; Proposition 3: outcomes
Proposition 4: outcome differentialsHigh-aspiration entrepreneurs - evidence from GEM; Hunting the snark - business support policy in a time of austerity; Summary; Action points; Self-assessment tool; Notes; Further reading; Chapter 4 Linked Data for the 21st Century Enterprise: From Silos to Supply Chains; Introduction; Knowledge silos; Supply chains; Semantic technologies and data integration; Open knowledge: linked data; Examples in practice; The case of the cucumber; Ready for change: semantic technologies; Summary; Action points; Self-assessment tool; Notes; Further reading
Chapter 5 Collaborative Decision-Making: Mapping Group KnowledgeIntroduction; The value of brainstorming sessions; Causal mapping of brainstormed ideas; Example of a wide-band approach: the computer-facilitated brainstorming workshop; Methodology; Discussion and implications for facilitation; Conclusion: the implications for executive development; Summary; Action points; Self-assessment tool; Notes; Further reading; Further references; Chapter 6 The Essence of High Performance Teams; Introduction; Pitfalls of poorly formed and pseudo teams; First analogy - the dance of teams
Keys to team effectivenessSecond analogy - the problem boulder; Implications of our analysis; Third analogy - deep-sea diving; Fourth analogy - secure relationship; Summary; Action points; Self-assessment tool; Further reading; Further references; Chapter 7 The Case and Context for Quality Working Relationships; Introduction; Nine observations - effects of poor relationship quality between manager and subordinate; A view from the other side; Seven enablers of relationship quality between leaders and followers; Summary; Action points; Self-assessment tool; Further reading
Chapter 8 Organizational Change and Development: A Case Study in the Indian Electricity Market
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Aimed at managers and executives wanting insight into how to better drive change at the micro and macro level, Ready for Change? Provides guidance in understanding the factors within different business disciplines that enable and disable lasting change through examples of good practice and 'not so good' practice within real organisations.
Leadership.
Management.
Personnel management.
International business enterpris.
Project management.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Management.
Human Resource Management.
International Business.
Innovation/Technology Management.
Project Management.