...Business Change Student’s name Institutional affiliation Professor’s name Describe the organization and the change that was implemented The company in question is known as Kodak Company which is a technology company that majorly deals in imaging for the various businesses that are around. The company is located at New York City in the United States of America and offers various services to people as well as businesses. Some of the major services in which this company deals in include; graphic communications, packaging and also printing, mentioning just but a few. Other than that, Kodak Company is majorly known for its best services in the photographic films and this has been clearly seen from the fact that it has enjoyed a very large percentage of the market shares within the United States and also in other countries around the world. However, in the recent years after the emergence of digital photography, the company has suffered largely in terms of market since most people ought to go for the digital photography rather than the one introduced by Kodak Company. Many years since the 1990s the company has really suffered a lot while bearing many losses due to the competition brought by the digital photography, despite the fact that Kodak Company had the original invention currently used in the digital cameras. As a result of this the company has decided to have changes in its day to day operations including the management so that they remain relevant and continue...
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...In a progressively competitive and constantly changing business environment, organisations feel the need to look for quick change options, even if it means not giving proper consideration for the possible ramifications. Change theory argues that change must be considered and planned carefully. However, in this fast-paced business world, the complexities of change are sometimes overlooked in order to implement change quickly, especially in reactive circumstances, which leads to simplistic solutions and the search for one right way to change management. When possible though, change should be considered carefully so it does not act against an organisation’s strategic goals. This essay will firstly discuss the one right way to change and how no change theory is all encompassing, even though many models of change prescribe that it is the definitive change solution. The essay will look at environmental impacts that influence change. The punctuated equilibrium model and emergent change model suggest that the current business environment is volatile and unpredictable, which make planned change hard to achieve every time, especially when change is reactive. This essay will also discuss of the role of a change agent in organisations and whether using internal or consultant change agents affect the change process. On the surface, the one right way to change is unrealistic and potentially goes against the best interests of the organisation. Burnes (1996) argues that theory not only prescribes...
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...The Effects of Change in Business Change in any organization can be a stressful time for everybody involved. Whether changes are caused by the necessity of restructuring, changes caused through attrition in leadership or other means there will inevitably be those who resist even minor adjustments to what they have become accustomed to. According to Baack (2012), the resistance of people to change can be caused by several factors including being motivated by self-interest, from having a lack of understanding as to why the change is necessary, having low confidence in management and therefor not buying into the process or because they have little tolerance for diversion from their established norms. Lack of Understanding Issues Baack (2012), noted that Nardelli possessed many of the traits that are often present in successful leaders; He possessed the imagination and initiative to try out a process improvement philosophy in a way as that is benefitted a different kind of business then what it was traditionally geared towards, he had received a good deal of wisdom from his previous jobs at General Electric and he also had confidence to demand a premium for his efforts which ultimately resulted in his removal. Many of these traits are enviable and desirable but any combination of these does not guarantee a great leader (8.3). As CEO Nardelli took a command and control approach to managing, instituting computerized inventory control and supply ordering systems, reducing the...
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...MEMORANDUM Emerging solutions enabling consumers to finish group-buying using mobile phones are disrupting established payment models. Group-buying, started from the U.S, was one of the biggest web trends of 2010 in China and is now entering the stage of adjustment. The ‘mobile payment era’ is building on the success of e-commerce and the rising adoption of smartphones has become a significant force among customers. Define the change brought by mobile payment in group-buying Online group-buying is a new business model refers to a certain number of consumers join together as a group via Internet to buy a certain product or service with a discount. Before mobile payment was introduced in group-buying, customers can only browse the sites every day and buy the deals through online banking in advance. While after mobile payment became possible, customers can use the apps on smartphones buy movie tickets deals minutes before the movie start. According to the Apple stores’ statistic, more than 10 group-buying apps ranked top 50 under “lifestyle” category. Computer is no longer the only carrier in group-buying industry. Explain why mobile payment changed group-buying The concept of cnQianBao (China wallet) for group-buying was first raised by Lashou in 2011. Technology, rapid adoption of smartphones and customer’s increasing demand are the reasons. First of all, the mobile phone has been one of the fasted developing technologies ever seen. In little more than a decade...
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...COURSE: BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE TOPIC: Introducing Change. Change is one thing that has been a constant recurring decimal in man, his environment, and in the business of man, since the creation of any living being. Man has witnessed incremental change in all aspects of life in an attempt to adapt to the environment. These environmental changes on earth can be traced back to 66 million years ago. For example, we hear of the age of the dinosaur, which dominated the earth at a time. According to Diamandis & Kotler (2015) their reign did not last because they could not adapt to the sudden changes in the global environment that followed as a result of earthquakes and environmental degradation of that time. They became extinct and mammals became the new surviving dominant animals. “This tale of colossal impact, radical transformation, and spectacular rebirth has relevance today, especially to business” (Diamandis & Kotler, 2015, p.x). These theorists and practitioners have introduced new concepts of change which they called Exponential growth thinking and linear growth thinking in management theory and practices. They identified six stages of exponential growth, which they called the six Ds: Digitized, Deceptive, Disruptive, Demonetized, Dematerialize, and Democratized (Diamandis & Kotler, 2015, p.8). The exponential growth will lead to abundance in the future and they buttressed this fact with new evidence for abundance in their second book, Abundance (Diamandis...
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...[pic] ❖ Introduction to topic ❖ Important Sub-Topics ➢ E-Business ➢ Global Perspective of e-business • Technological Dimension • Social and Cultural Dimension • E-Business in Pakistan ➢ The Three Phase Change Management Framework For E-business Transformation • Phase I : Vision, Communication and People • Phase – II : Processes & Technology • Phase III : Customers, Suppliers and Other Value Chain Partners ➢ The rules of change management ➢ Organizational and Personal Change Management ➢ Responsibility of Managing Change ➢ Change Management Principles ❖ References [pic] The rate of change in today's world is constantly increasing. To cope with an unpredictable world you must build an enormous amount of flexibility into your organization. Organizations can structure themselves for increased flexibility to respond to change, for example using project teams, virtual structures and networking. Gary Hamel, Professor of Strategic and International Management, states that “corporate leaders [should] build organizations that are as nimble as change itself, to make innovation everyone’s job, and to dramatically increase the returns on human capital” Planning, implementing and managing change in a fast changing environment is increasingly the situation in which most organizations now work. Dynamic environments...
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...Literature, Business and Social Change Kareem Jones Reginald T. Bowman Ken Mathias Jerome Mond Business Literature ENG/120 Dr. Andrew Mathis Business literature of the past is similar to modern day business literature; however, in some ways both have differences. Both forms of literary works give insight to the reader regarding one’s life’s struggles and achievements. These forms of literary works allow the reader to relate his or her own experiences to the problems and emotions related to the workplace. Literature communicates past and present changes which occur in businesses. These literary works represents the voice of the people. Past and present business literature assists businesses and its workers to better understand human nature, social and/or political issues and changes emerging in today’s workplace environment. Past literary works in business has focused on the worker and the workplace environment. Themes related to this era focused on ethnicity, equal rights, gender, and organized labor. Injustices and equality of factory workers, non union workers and women are a few examples. However, today’s literary works in business focus on ethics, values, development of new technology, interpersonal and personal conflicts and environmental concerns. Computers and new technology is causing difficulty with people keeping his or her jobs. Companies are globalizing for cheaper labor and downsizing to save money. Some companies want...
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...BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE PLAN GB560 Designing, Improving and Implementing Processes Session # 01 Teresa Rose Kaplan University January 26, 2014 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss change process that needs to take place for the Gundersen Health System to become energy independent by the year 2014. Most healthcare organizations do not include the upper management in the process of business. This paper will discuss how to do a change of process to reach the goal of being energy independent, it will show how the change will be a Six Sigma Process. It will look at Capability Maturity Model (CMM). It will touch on Porter’s three – phase process. A current diagram and a change process diagram. The paper will also touch on goals to be placed into affect. It will state the tasks and measurements for the goal. Introduction to Gundersen Health System Gundersen Health Systems was first named Gundersen Lutheran Hospital and was founded in 1902 by the primary Doctor, Adolf Gundersen. It was renamed Gundersen Clinic and Lutheran Hospital, and in 1995 it was name Gundersen Lutheran Inc. It is now known as Gundersen Healthcare Systems. The system is made up of 24 Medical Clinics, 4 Worksite Clinics, 2 Express Care Clinics, 4 Podiatry Clinics, 8 Behavioral Health Clinics, 12 Eye Clinics/Institutes, 2 Sport Medicine Clinics, 4 Reproductive Clinics. It has 3 Affiliated Hospitals,...
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...BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE PLAN GB560 Designing, Improving and Implementing Processes Session # 1205D Bobby Young-Mentgen Kaplan University July 31, 2012 UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT (With Diagram Response Should Run 2-3 Pages in Length) Q#1 Provide the name of the organization (this must be a real organization and you may use the organization where you currently work; describe the organization’s size and summarize the primary mission of the organization. Don’t simply copy from the organization’s mission statement. CenterPointe is a non-profit health care industry providing treatment, rehabilitation, recovery support and housing for people overcoming addiction or co-occurring mental illness and addiction. The organization, consisting of 5 facilities in Lincoln, Nebraska, serves low-income and indigent men, women and teens based on their beliefs that everyone deserves access to quality treatment and because the community is only healthy as the most vulnerable among us. Over the years CenterPointe has continued to add programs and services to meet the many needs of their consumers. These programs and services include: Residential Treatment, Outpatient Treatment, Youth Services, Community Support & Housing, Adult Day Rehabilitation, PIER, Veteran Services, and Open Studio/Writers’ Workshop. CenterPointe employees 102 individuals throughout their facilities, along with 9 contractual professionals and numerous community volunteers (CenterPointe, Inc., 2012. About us). Q#2 From...
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...Business Implications of Climate Change The Case of Phillips Van-Heusen Corporation 2/28/2012 INTROUCTION Along with the stresses of making a business profitable for investors, minimizing costs, raising revenues, and forecasting for growth, one factor that is especially difficult to predict are those incurred by human caused climate change, commonly known as global warming. It is expected that the effects of global warming will greatly affect numerous aspects of the business world. However, not all of the effects are necessarily bad. In fact, it allows for opportunities to better these companies. In this case, the focus will be on global warming’s effects on Phillips Van-Heusen Corporation (PVH). In order to properly attend to this topic, a brief description of PVH, possible threats, opportunities, and an overall conclusion of global warming’s effects on the company will be addressed. To start, we will take a brief look into PVH Corporation as a whole. PHILLIPS VAN-HEUSEN CORPORATION PVH is a large clothing company that owns popular lines such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Arrow, Van-Heusen, and many more. The major focus is marketing moderately high end clothing. This company tends to focus its clothing lines towards males, however, there are a few lines focused towards women. These clothes range from lounge wear to business suits and everything in between. PVH also produces and sells clothing accessories such as belts, wallets, sunglasses, scarves, etc. This...
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...Climate change has been one of the most discussed issues in these modern days. It is prove on many researches that the increase in man-made green house gas emission can significantly affect the climate in the world, on every part of the globe. In the last few years, climate change has become the most researched subject in science. The reason is that because climate change can affect significantly to the earth and it has to be taken care of. In a business world, particularly in Automotive Industry, climate change is also one of the must discussed subject, and because of automobile is one of the factors that produce the most CO2 (Carbon dioxide), it become one issue that force automotive industry to change their product to reduce the amount of CO2 emission. Climate change in automotive industry represent both threat and opportunity in the business. It gives opportunity for the car makers to develop a new technology that is more environmental friendly, which can reduce the amount of green house gas emission. It also gives the carmakers to create a more energy efficient in their operations, which can cut the unnecessary production costs. Other opportunity is the fact that they will use this global concern to further research and investigate the use of creating a new energy source, and helping reducing the pollution caused by the use of fossil fuels. However, for automotive industry, climate change does not only provide opportunities but also threat to the business. It is a...
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...Change in almost any aspect of a business enterprise’s operation can be met resistance. Nowadays, changing in business circumstances requires managers to take preventive action aimed at stabilizing the enterprise and resolve conflicts that may threaten the enterprise’s future. Managers will be acting as change agent and responsible for managing the organizational change process. Change agents can be a manager within the organization, but could be a non-manager such as outside consultant who has objective perspective when analyze enterprise’s lack. According to (Robbins and Coulter 2011, p.155) Managers will face three main types of change: structure, technology, and people. Changing structure driven by changes in the external environment or...
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...Memo To: Dr. No From: Student CC: Health Task Force Date: 4/19/2014 Re: Organizational Change / General Motors Apple Inc: Name of Organization: Apple Inc. Apple Company Address: 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014 Apple Telephone Number: 408-996-1010 Mission Statement Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.( drdianehamilton 2011) Overview of Apple Inc: Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings. (Apple.com/investor) When you imagine the creative process at Apple, at first you may not picture someone in HR. Or operations. Or finance. But we expect creative thinking and solutions from everyone here, no matter what their responsibilities are. Innovation takes many forms, and our people seem to find new ones every day. (Apple.com 2012) Issues at Apple Inc: The issues at Apple Incorporated varied over time from a relative incubator working in a garage developed in computers and software garnered from Xerox corporation to that of a major innovative industry player and...
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...Name __________________________ Date ________________________ Mrs. Lee Grade 3 Math Worksheet #24: Solving Word Problems Strategy: Read the problem. Find the key word or words to help you decide what operation to use. Write out the equation and solve it. Problem 1: On Valentine’s Day, Katie received 12 cards, 16 pieces of chocolates and 4 coupons for ice cream. How many things are in Katie’s Valentine’s Day bag all together? 1. Find the key word or words. _____________________ 2. What operation should you use? Addition or subtraction? ___________________ 3. Write out the equation and solve: ______________________________ Problem 2: Jimmy bought a package of 40 pencils, he gave a pencil to each of his 21 classmates. How many pencils does Jimmy have left? 1. Find the key word or words. _____________________ 2. What operation should you use? Addition or subtraction? ___________________ 3. Write out the equation and solve: ______________________________ Problem 3: For the museum field trip, Clara’s class will bring 44 juice packs, Jake’s class will bring 12 bags of cookies, and Max’s class will bring 23 boxes of fruit rollups. How many snacks will there be in total? 1. Find the key word or words. _____________________ 2. What operation should you use? Addition or subtraction? ___________________ 3. Write out the equation and solve: ______________________________ Bonus: In Cal’s family there are two adults and three children. Cal’s Dad is 41 and his Mom is...
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...had 291 firm orders and 88 commitments from 27 airlines for the new 787, which will seat from 250 to 330 passengers in varying configurations. The list price is about $150 million per plane. The previous state of the art in aviation manufacturing was to have global partners work from a common blueprint to produce parts-actually, whole sections of the airplane-that were then physically shipped to a Boeing assembly plant near Seattle to see if they fit together. Prior to the 787, wood mock-ups of planes would be constructed to see if parts built by partners around the world would really fit together. When the process failed, the cost in time and production was extreme. Boeing’s shift goes beyond making planes faster and cheaper. The new business model takes Boeing from manufacturing to a high-end technology systems integrator. In 2004, Boeing’s IT systems people were consolidated into the Boeing Technology Group. Now parts are designed from concept to production concurrently by partners (including companies in Japan, Russia, and Italy) and “assembled” in a computer model maintained by Boeing outside its corporate firewall. Boeing’s role is integrator and interface to the airlines, while the partners take...
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