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Managing Radical Change in Young Companies : Insights for Successful Transformation and Growth / Leda Radikal Förändring i Unga Företag : Insikter för Framgångsrik Transformation och TillväxtStrid, Magnus, Juras, Adela, Yung, Yung January 2023 (has links)
Managing radical change is a critical undertaking for young companies aiming to achieve growth and adapt to evolving market dynamics. This research explores the strategies, models and challenges involved in navigating and implementing significant organizational changes. The research examines the root causes of radical change failures and investigates the impact this might have on employees and organizations. The identified key factors for failure in radical change management are among others: lack of communication and information, lack of training and support, lack of proper documentation, and lack of skilled leadership and proper performance management. The research also found that poorly managed change implicates employees' well-being and grows issues of personal matter, such as performance, competence and trust-related problems. Identified implications for organizations are among others; lack of controls, damaged public relations, inefficient processes and decreased performance. Finally, the research identified the potential need for creating a new management theory that would support young companies in managing radical change specifically.
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The Management and Sustainability of Organizational Change in Primary Care Adoption of Electronic Medical Record SystemsKerollos, Joseph 04 1900 (has links)
<p>Information technology (IT) has been applied in every aspect in common everyday experience. Most industries have changed from paper based to digitally supported processes. The implementation of IT has resulted in lower costs, faster operations, and faster response to consumer demands, thus achieving economies of scale and major advancements in the quality of products introduced to the consumer.</p> <p>In healthcare, IT has led to extensive advances in many different aspects of medicine. IT has enhanced diagnostic equipment, laboratory result accuracy, research methodologies and analysis advancements, and has resulted in more effective prescription of medications. These advances have increased the overall quality of life for patients.</p> <p>Despite the fact that the adoption rate of Electronic Medical Record systems (EMRs) in European countries has reached more than 90%, the adoption of EMRs by primary care physicians in Canada lags far behind at a rate closer to 30%. Much of this low adoption rate can be attributed to barriers due to resistance to change. Many adoption projects in IT fail, even after change has occurred. These failures have occurred in many different industries, including healthcare. EMR adoption in primary care requires a focus on change management and sustainability for primary care physicians, the target audience of change.</p> <p>This thesis research investigates the reasons for the low rate of adoption of EMRs in the primary care environment in Canada. A change management model dedicated to the Canadian primary healthcare environment for the management and sustainability of change is created and discussed in detail. This study is based on a thorough literature review of change management models; a qualitative analysis of interviews with industry leaders from different backgrounds such as consultancy, government, and vendors; and a quantitative analysis of data through an online primary care physician questionnaire.</p> / Master of Science (MSc)
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The role of education managers in implementing a policy of inclusion in independent Christian schoolsWalton, Elizabeth Lockhart 11 1900 (has links)
Inclusion has been adopted by the South African Department of Education as the policy
for special needs· learners. This study explores the role of education managers in
independent Christian schools in implementing this policy. A literature review and data
gathered from interviews with principals of Christian schools which practise inclusion
reveal that education managers have a vital role to play by offering leadership and
vision to the inclusive school. They control the human and material resources required
to bring about change towards greater inclusivity. Their accepting attitudes
communicate to the community that all learners can belong in a school willing to
accommodate them. The Biblical values that give the Christian school its reason for
existence makes reaching out to those with special needs an imperative. Practical
strategies for implementing inclusion are discussed in the context of organisational
development and the management of change. / Educational Leadership and Management / M. Ed. (Education Management)
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A qualitative study of the impact of organisational development interventions on the implementation of Outcomes Based EducationRamroop, Renuka Suekiah 30 November 2004 (has links)
Outcomes Based Education (OBE), has been, since its inception, fraught with problems. OBE in its very nature is complex. To fully embrace this method and ensure its success, schools must be able to make the necessary paradigm shift. This can only be achieved when schools receive relevant and empowering training, support and development. In other words, organisational development must be the key words. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of organisational development interventions on the implementation of OBE. The case study method was employed where it was realised that schools that received organisational development interventions, together with Outcomes Based Education, were able to implement this method with greater understanding, skill, and confidence.
The investigation recommends an organisational development design that could be used instead of the cascade model, and provides suggestions on what can be done to ensure a more successful implementation process. / Educational Studies / M. Ed (Education Management)
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The implementation of strategic decisions at the Social Security Commission in NamibiaNdara, Daniel Sipopa 11 1900 (has links)
The study was conducted to determine the key obstacles to strategy implementation at the Social Security Commission. The objective was to establish various factors that inhibit successful strategy implementation and explore alternative approaches that could be adopted to facilitate effective implementation of strategic decisions.
The data was collected through questionnaires distributed to the personnel of the institution. 34 respondents out of a population of 56 participated in the study. The results showed serious lack of change management practice which could be regarded as the reason why resistance to change from the majority of the personnel is being experienced. Indications are also prevalent from the results obtained that show lack of ownership of the implementation process.
In addition, lack of commitment to achieve positive results, lack of control of the implementation plan, ineffective information sharing methods as well as negative organizational culture are influencing the outcome of the strategy implementation process. / Business Management / M. Tech. (Business Administration)
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Principals' literacy in information and communication technology (ICT) : towards improving secondary school performance in KenyaMakhanu, Evelyn Sikhoya 08 1900 (has links)
This thesis is a study of the extent of ICT literacy among secondary school principals in the Western province of Kenya. A contemporary issue in the improvement of quality in school leadership relates to use of ICT; the assumption is that improving leadership is the key to good school performance. The research was triggered by the need for quality among secondary school principals and their preparedness to cope with technology change.
A mixed mode methods research was conducted involving both quantitative and qualitative approaches. In this research 188 secondary school principals in the Western province were used for data analysis. An empirical investigation was conducted. School principals responded to questionnaire 1 which investigated ICT literacy. Deputy principals responded to questionnaire 2 which investigated school performance. Open-ended questions, semi-structured interviews and observation schedules were used to obtain qualitative data. / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (Education Management)
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The influence of corporate culture on organisational change of First National Bank of NamibiaSimon, Justina 06 1900 (has links)
Change is invariable and continuous, and has become inevitable in almost every sphere of business. The FNB Namibia operates in a highly vibrant competitive environment that is influenced by external and internal change drivers, and has not been resistant to any forces of change. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between corporate culture and organisational change of FNB Namibia. In this study corporate culture is the independent variable while organisational change is the dependent variable under the investigation. The data were collected through the questionnaires distributed to the staff members of the bank. A total of 50 questionnaires were administered, 33 of the questionnaires were correctly completed and returned. The findings showed that there is a relationship between corporate culture and organisational change. The findings also showed that the dominant existing organisational culture at the bank is hierarchy culture. Even though hierarchy culture is found to be the dominant organisational culture of the bank, the findings however, further revealed that the bank has adopted all four types of organisational culture. The study also found that different types of organisational culture have different levels of perceptions towards organisational change. / Business Management / M. Tech. (Business Administration)
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The evolving scope and impact of total quality management in leading South African companiesWeitz, Kevin Walton 06 1900 (has links)
The objective of the study was to quantify the evolving scope of quality
management as practiced in a sample of companies in South Afiica, and to correlate this with corporate profitability.
The empirical data in this study suggests that a more extensive scope of
application and practice of quality management and related management
practices is related to better organisational profitability.
The significant correlations which were demonstrated are:
• A focus on results by companies is inversely correlated with Operating
Profit Margin.
• Quality training, employee communications and internal coordination
correlates positively with Net Profit Margin.
• The rigorous use of quality standards correlates positively with Net Profit
Margin.
• Quality control and monitoring correlates positively with Return on
Equity.
Recommendations flowing from this study include that a broader
paradigm of quality management is required, expressed as an
integrated model for innovation and change which is holistic rather
than fragmented. / Economics / M. Com. (Business Economics)
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A survey-feedback approach to the management of resistance to changeGoodwin, Shelagh 12 1900 (has links)
The aim of this study was to explore the role of feedback in managing resistance to
organisational change. A general systems theoretical model of individual resistance to
change was developed. It describes the origin, function and outcomes of individual
resistance to planned organisational change. The role of feedback within this process
was identified as a central one and feedback was therefore identified as an important
point of leverage in managing resistance to change. The survey feedback approach was
adopted in a retail organisation undergoing significant change. Staff were asked to
respond to a survey on their experience of the change. Results were analysed and then
fed back to them during group discussions. The process was repeated. It was concluded
that the survey feedback approach significantly contributed to a reduction in resistance
to change and that both survey feedback approach and the model of individual resistance
to change merit further investigation. / Industrial Psychology / M.A. (Industrial Psychology)
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The design of an undergraduate chiropractic curriculumKleynhans, Andries Mentz 11 1900 (has links)
Evidence is provided to support Kierkegaard's phenomenology that only what is learned
through experience is truly known. It is demonstrated that the chiropractic curriculum
represents a unique area of investigation and that it is possible to define curriculum; to create
a functional and integrative model which subsumes elements from the traditional, cyclical
and process models; and to design an integrative, problem-based, evidence-based,
experiential chiropractic curriculum. A taxonomy is proposed for curriculum design in four
domains which deal respectively with a) curriculum processes which include the selection,
motivation and interaction of curriculum developers, curriculum definitions and models, and
an algorithm for curriculum design; b) curriculum organisation which addresses
philosophical, sociological, cultural and psychological foundations, curriculum paradigms
and a chiropractic conceptual framework; c) curriculum development which concerns design
strategies, situational analysis, intent, content, design and organisation of learning
experiences and assessment of student performance; and d) curriculum application, which
includes the learning climate, quality management, management of change, self-evaluation
and external accreditation / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / M. Ed. (Didactics)
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