Essays Tagged: "Kotter"
Workplace Observations
CT PERCEPTIONSTo attempt to change an organization can be an extremely complicated task. A study by Kotter and Heskett (1992), "indicated that culture change becomes tougher as organizations become mo ... t than ever to be skillful at managing contention and preventing all types of controversy.ReferencesKotter, J. And Heskett, J. (1992). Corporate culture and performance. New York: The FreePress.
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Book review: Leading Change by John P. Kotter.
Leading Change by John P. Kotter. Harvard Business School Press, 1996.In light of the increasing rate of change in the busines ... transformations within an organization becomes more imperative than ever before. In Leading Change, Kotter identifies an eight-step guide for making successful organization changes. These eight steps ... ers who can make changes happen and reinforce the urgency of the committee's purpose to all levels. Kotter suggests careful selection of committee members to include senior management and influential ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
How does the management of people contribute to effective organisational behaviour, development and good health in respect of Leadership?
that leadership is in some way an extension of the management function.In 'what leaders really do' Kotter (1990, 2001) argues that "Leadership is not necessarily better than management. Rather leader ... mentary systems of action. Each has its own function and characteristic activities". In the article Kotter identifies what he sees as the key functions of leadership and management.Management roles ar ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication
Change Management
not only on emotional fields but for reasonable and predictable reasons. Numerous authors including Kotter cite reasons why stakeholders may resist to the change, most of them include the following fa ... tion process it can be using one-on-one discussions, presentations to groups, or memos and reports (Kotter, Shlesinger, 1979).An education and communications is the best form to deal with resistance w ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Organizational culture
ough it is derived from social anthropology as a framework for understanding "primitive" societies (Kotter and Heskett, 1992), the concept of culture has recently been widely used in the context of or ... l biases and traditions, it is inevitable that they will be difficult to embed in the organization. Kotter (1996) takes a similar view, arguing that for change to be successful it must be anchored in ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Compelling Communication for Change
mmunication can help promote positive change and cooperation with everyone involved in the process (Kotter, 1996). The major issue within any organization is usually communication. The specific issue ... n the described organization will have to start from the bottom up. However, in order to galvanize (Kotter, 1996), or shock the system and provide the strong communication needed to facilitate change; ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Vision for Change Initiative
ing it with strength and clarity helps foster added support by the selected coalition. Complacency (Kotter, 2001, p.40) has set in with the organization and the majority of the employees so this would ... at responds to manage and communicate change. Creating the guiding coalition, which is stage two of Kotter's Eight-Stage Change Process of Creating Major Change, is to simply put together a group of i ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication
Change Management
nge and as their competitors evolve. In my view leadership is the essence of successful change. The Kotter's eight-phase model proposed as followed. Phase1: Establish a sense of urgency because opport ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Leadership and organization
that leadership is in some way an extension of the management function.In 'what leaders really do' Kotter (1990, 2001) argues that "Leadership is not necessarily better than management. Rather leader ... mentary systems of action. Each has its own function and characteristic activities". In the article Kotter identifies what he sees as the key functions of leadership and management.Management roles ar ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication
change Management
models of change that are commonly used by many organizations are Lewin's change management model, Kotter's 8-step change model and McKinsey's 7S framework approach. Each model has its own unique twi ... used by most organizations. However, like all other models, it takes time to implement this process.Kotter's 8-step change model causes change to become a campaign (Palmer, Dunford, & Akin, 2006). ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers