...purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between Organizational Culture and Employee Commitment. The study was conducted in MCB Bank Lahore branches. The data was collected through questionnaires. The sample size used in this study was 100. The concerned variables are ‘organizational culture’ and ‘employees commitment’. The hypothesis was designed that whether there exists a relationship between the variables or not. The results suggested that there exist a relationship between organizational culture and employees’ commitment. The study emphasizes the future prospects in the research field which can be beneficial for the organizations’ culture. The findings , conclusion and recommendations suggest areas for further research. * * * Contents Abstract…………….………………………………………….……………….i List of Tables……………………………………………………………........iv List of Figures………………………………………………………..……….v List of Acronyms……………………………………………………..………vi Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………...vii 1 Chapter No. 1 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Organizational Culture 2 1.2.1 Characteristics. 4 1.2.2 Scope of Organizational Culture. 5 1.3 Problem statement 6 1.4 Rationale for the study 6 1.5 Purpose of Study 7 1.6 Research objectives: 7 1.7 Limitations 7 1.8 Assumptions 8 1.9 Hypothesis 8 1.10 Scope of the study 8 1.11 Outline of the study 9 1.11.1 Chapter1. 9 1.11.2 Chapter 2. 9 1.11.2.1 Literature review I: Organizational Culture 9 1.11.3...
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...A STUDY OF HOW LEADERSHIP STYLE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE INFLUENCE EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION (A CASE STUDY AT PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN TERENGGANU) LECTURER PROF. MADYA NORUDIN MANSOR TEAM MEMBERS MOHD FAIZAL JAAFAR 2011392489 WAN RAMLA WAN NAWANG 2011343575 NORAINI BINTI AMMRAN 2011952075 NAZREEN BEGUM NAJIBULLAH KHAN 2011545767 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT “In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful” Assalamualaikum W.B First of all, we would like to put our hands together to thank our lecturer Prof. Madya Norudin Mansor for his continuous support and guidance in preparing this project. The purpose of this project is to apply organizational behavior elements in the real world by conducting a survey at one of the higher institution learning organization. Besides, we also would like to thank to En Hamdan who has help us to install the SPSS software which we used as tool for data analysis. We also would like to thank to the Private Higher Educational Institutions in Terengganu for giving us the opportunity to conduct the survey. Lastly, special thank to our team members of EMBA for their support. TABLE OF CONTENT NO | TITLE | PAGE NUMBER | 1. | CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION | | 2. | CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW | | 3. | CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY | | 4. | CHAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS | | 5. | CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION | | 6. | CHAPTER 6: RECOMMENDATION | | 7. | REFERENCES...
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...Vol 4. No. 1 Mar 2009 Journal of Cambridge Studies 6 Why Do Change Management Strategies Fail? ---Illustrations with case studies Xiongwei SONG∗ Department of Politics, University of Sheffield ABSTRACT: Change management is crucial to the survival and development of organizations, the more effectively you deal with change, the more likely you are to thrive. However there are a large number of failures of change management. Organizational change itself is a considerably complex activity; any tiny mistake in change management could lead to the failure of organizational change. Consequently this paper is impossible to encompass all factors that could result in the failure of change management. This paper attempts to explain why change management strategies fail from four perspectives (leadership, culture, people issues and quick response) that are major factors to determine whether change management is successful or not. INTRODUCTION Change for organizations both large and small, whether in the private, public or voluntary sectors has been inevitable for the past decades or so. Such trends of organizational change are increasing in frequency, pace, complexity and turbulence under current situation, and there appears to be no sign of abatement. The concrete purposes of change management for different organizations are probably not the same, but the ethos of change management is the same, that is, making the organizations more effective, efficient, and responsive...
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...UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES ACCRA THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT BARCLAYS BANK, GHANA TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background of the Study 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem 2 1.3 Purpose of the Study 3 1.4 Objectives of the Study 3 1.5 Research Hypotheses 4 1.6 Significance of the Study 4 1.7 Scope and Organization of the Study 5 CHAPTER TWO: LITERAURE REVIEW 7 2.1 Introduction 7 2.2. Theories of Organizational culture 7 2.3 Other theories 13 2.4 Empirical Literature Review 23 2.5 Operational Definitions of Terms and Constructs 29 2.6 General Overview of the Banking Sector 30 CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY 32 3.1 Introduction 32 3.2 Design of the Study 32 3.3 Population and Sampling 33 3.4 Sources of Data 34 3.5 Study Instrument…………………………………………………………………………………………………....35 3.6 Analytical Techniques…………………………………………………………………………………………...35 3.7 Analysis of Data 34 3.8 Variables…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………36 3.8.1 Dependent Variables………………………………………………………………………………………36 CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 40 4.1 Introduction........................................................................................................40 4.2 Data presentation………………………………………………………………………………………………40 4.3 Testing of hypothesis 41 4.4 Findings 47 CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 56 5.1 Summary...
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...costs to products and services by applying cost drivers [8]. Academics who advocate ABC, such as, Cooper and Kaplan [9], and Swenson [10] argue that it provides more accurate cost data needed to make appropriate strategic decisions about product mix, sourcing, pricing, process improvement, and evaluation of business process performance. These claims have led many firms to adopt ABC systems [8]. The benefits of ABC and its positive impact on firm’s performance motivated a numerous studies which examined various aspects of ABC. Among such studies are McGowan [11] who assessed the integrity of ABC success, Innes and Mitchell [4, 12] and Yanren [13] who conducted research on factors affecting ABC adoption, and Shield [3], Shields and McEwen [14], Gosselin [15] and Baired et al.[16, 17]who concentrated on factors influencing ABC success especially at the implementation stage. However, there is mounting evidence that suggests most of firms are experiencing problems in implementing ABC and, in some extreme cases, ABC implementation is not successful [3], which later resulted in abandoning the ABC systems altogether [15]. Questions arise as to why ABC implementation is successful in certain companies and fails in others. Based on the contingency theory, researchers have argued that the reasons for different degrees of ABC success could be due to the different contextual factors faced by each firm. These have led researchers to recognize assessing factors that influence ABC success implementation...
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...Journal of Business Case Studies – January 2008 Volume 4, Number 1 The Impact Of Organizational Change, Structure And Leadership On Employee Turnover: A Case Study Steven H. Appelbaum, Concordia University, Canada André Mitraud, MBA, Canada Jean-François Gailleur, MBA, Canada Marcello Iacovella, MBA, Canada Raffaele Gerbasi, MBA, Canada Victoria Ivanova, MBA, Canada ABSTRACT Purpose - To provide the management team at BTSA Ltd with a practical guideline in managing organizational change through a designated lead change agent. Design/Methodology/approach - This guideline was developed by analyzing various organizational behaviour variables which included organizational structure, leadership and organizational culture. The objective of the case study is to provide a pragmatic approach to dealing with transformational change, particularly the role and responsibility of leadership. Findings – This case identifies a distinct correlation between each above stated variables and productivity/citizenship factors among employees. As a result of the takeover by an international conglomerate, BTSA Ltd was facing major changes and sustained a high level of employee turnover within the company, including the abrupt departure of their lead change agent. This resulted in a sharp decrease in TQM initiatives and major slowdown in R&D projects. The key findings have determined the core elements which explained the turnover issue and the impact of organizational change (for a small Canadian...
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...Rondell Case Study 1 Running head: THE RONDELL DATA CORPORATION CASE STUDY The Rondell Data Corporation Case Study Russ Joseph Ricky Sethi Bonnie VanKampen Michelle Woodley University of Southern California Rondell Case Study 2 The Rondell Data Corporation Case Study The importance of both organizational design and culture are evident in analyzing the case study of the Rondell Data Corporation. By exploring the background of the problem, information regarding organizational functioning, the impact of organizational culture on the strategy and success of the company, and problem identification, recommendations can be offered. Possible solutions to the current dilemma at Rondell Data Corporation will provide an increased understanding of the role of organizational structure related to the improvement and overall performance of a company. Background Bob Rondell started the Rondell Data Corporation in 1920. The basis for its inception was Rondell’s invention of several electrical testing devices, while on staff as an engineering faculty member of a large university. In 1947, the company entered into the radio broadcasting equipment market. By the early 1960’s, the company had increased its business to include data transmission equipment. The company had a reputation of being a source of high quality innovative designs and described itself as being able to “convert problems to solutions”...
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...Organizational Behavior An Evidence-Based Approach Twelfth Edition Fred Luthans George Holmes Distinguished Professor of Management, University of Nebraska Me Graw Hill Boston Burr Ridge, IL Dubuque, IA Madison, Wl New York San Francisco St. Louis Bangkok Bogota Caracas Kuala Lumpur Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan Montreal New Delhi Santiago Seoul Singapore Sydney Taipei Toronto Contents About the Author Preface v PART ONE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT Evidence-Based Consulting Practices 1 iv Organizational Behavior Case: Conceptual Model: Dream or Reality? 30 Chapter 2 Environmental Context: Globalization, Diversity, and Ethics 31 1 Learning Objectives 31 Globalization 31 Diversity in the Workplace 34 Chapter 1 Introduction to Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach 5 Learning Objectives 5 The Challenges Facing Management 6 Undergoing a Paradigm Shift 8 A New Perspective for Management 10 Evidence-Based Management 12 Historical Background: The Hawthorne Studies Reasons for the Emergence of Diversity 35 Developing the Multicultural Organization 38 Individual Approaches to Managing Diversity 39 Organizational Approaches to Managing Diversity 41 Ethics and Ethical Behavior in Organizations 46 47 The Impact of Ethics on "Bottom-Line " Outcomes 13 The Illumination Studies: A Serendipitous Discovery 13 Subsequent Phases of the Hawthorne Studies 14 Implications of the Hawthorne Studies 15 Research Methodology to Determine Valid Evidence...
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...ASSESS ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS To purchase this Click here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/bus-519-week-3-assignment-1-assess-organizational-readiness/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM BUS 519 WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT 1 - ASSESS ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS Note: The assignments are a series of papers that are based on the same case, which is located in the Student Center of the course shell. The assignments are dependent upon one another. Review the assigned case study (attached) and complete this assignment. Write five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you: 1. Analyze how the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) apply to the facts of the case study. Provide examples to support your analysis. 2. Determine the project benefits, organizational readiness, and risk culture of the company in the case study. Provide justification for your response. 3. Develop at least three (3) project risk recommendations based on the analysis from criteria number 1 and 2 of this assignment. 4. Identify the initial categories of risk (RBS Level 1 and 2) that you see as being present in the case study using the Example Risk Checklist (Figure A-2, Hillson & Simon text). 5. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. Click Here to Buy this; http://www.activitymode.com/product/bus-519-week-3-assignment-1-assess-organizational-readiness Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and...
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...costs to products and services by applying cost drivers [8]. Academics who advocate ABC, such as, Cooper and Kaplan [9], and Swenson [10] argue that it provides more accurate cost data needed to make appropriate strategic decisions about product mix, sourcing, pricing, process improvement, and evaluation of business process performance. These claims have led many firms to adopt ABC systems [8]. The benefits of ABC and its positive impact on firm’s performance motivated a numerous studies which examined various aspects of ABC. Among such studies are McGowan [11] who assessed the integrity of ABC success, Innes and Mitchell [4, 12] and Yanren [13] who conducted research on factors affecting ABC adoption, and Shield [3], Shields and McEwen [14], Gosselin [15] and Baired et al.[16, 17]who concentrated on factors influencing ABC success especially at the implementation stage. However, there is mounting evidence that suggests most of firms are experiencing problems in implementing ABC and, in some extreme cases, ABC implementation is not successful [3], which later resulted in abandoning the ABC systems altogether [15]. Questions arise as to why ABC implementation is successful in certain companies and fails in others. Based on the contingency theory, researchers have argued that the reasons for different degrees of ABC success could be due to the different contextual factors faced by each firm. These have led researchers to recognize assessing factors that influence ABC success implementation...
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...Organizational Behavior An Evidence-Based Approach Twelfth Edition Fred Luthans George Holmes Distinguished Professor of Management, University of Nebraska Me Graw Hill Boston Burr Ridge, IL Dubuque, IA Madison, Wl New York San Francisco St. Louis Bangkok Bogota Caracas Kuala Lumpur Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan Montreal New Delhi Santiago Seoul Singapore Sydney Taipei Toronto Contents About the Author Preface v PART ONE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT Evidence-Based Consulting Practices 1 iv Organizational Behavior Case: Conceptual Model: Dream or Reality? 30 Chapter 2 Environmental Context: Globalization, Diversity, and Ethics 31 1 Learning Objectives 31 Globalization 31 Diversity in the Workplace 34 Chapter 1 Introduction to Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach 5 Learning Objectives 5 The Challenges Facing Management 6 Undergoing a Paradigm Shift 8 A New Perspective for Management 10 Evidence-Based Management 12 Historical Background: The Hawthorne Studies Reasons for the Emergence of Diversity 35 Developing the Multicultural Organization 38 Individual Approaches to Managing Diversity 39 Organizational Approaches to Managing Diversity 41 Ethics and Ethical Behavior in Organizations 46 47 The Impact of Ethics on "Bottom-Line " Outcomes 13 The Illumination Studies: A Serendipitous Discovery 13 Subsequent Phases of the Hawthorne Studies 14 Implications of the Hawthorne Studies 15 Research...
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...9-11/4/07 in RoC Going for Gold ~ Best Practices in Ed. & Public Paper # : 07-08 Page- 1 /7 Challenges of Intercultural Management: Change implementation in the context of national culture Prof. Taina Savolainen School of Business, Management and Leadership, University of Joensuu, Finland taina.savolainen@joensuu.fi ABSTRACT This keynote address considers change implementation in the globalizing business environment in the context of culture. Organizations seek ways to cope with new situations in order to survive and be competitive. The primary strategic challenge in multicultural change processes is managing and implementing change successfully. The paper discusses the means of creating readiness for change and challenges they present to intercultural management. Keywords: Change, coping, culture, intercultural, implementation, middle management, readiness 1.0 Introduction Sustaining competitiveness force business organizations to adapt major changes and seek strategies that may be realized in varying, different cultural environments. This presents challenges to multicultural management, in general, and change implementation processes, specifically. Change implementation does no more concern organizational culture only. It is also dependent on understanding different national cultures and having behavioural skills accordingly. Organizations face, thus, constant challenge of change in management (Ascari, Rock & Dutta, 1995). Economic and social forces create a necessity...
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...CASE STUDY “When we examine [organizational] culture and leadership closely, we see that they are two sides of the same coin; neither can really be understood by itself. On the one hand, cultural norms define how a given nation or organizations will define leadership – who will be promoted, who will get the attention of followers. On the other hand, it can be argued that the only thing of real importance that leaders do is to create and manage culture; that the unique talent of leadership is their ability to understand and work with culture; and that it is an ultimate act of leadership to destroy culture when it is viewed as dysfunctional”. Executive Summary Many researchers have tried to explore the relationship between leadership style and organizational culture but they have not been able examine these two factors together. Hence they could not establish any relationship between the two factors. This case study tries to explore these two factors together to identify the cause and effect relation between the two variables. This case study would be trying to develop theoretical patterns from a critical literature review. Firms are focusing more on improving the organizational culture and motivational level of employees but improving the leadership that influences greatly affect both these elements. It is believed that internally satisfaction among the employees leads to better utilization of resources by the firm. This internal satisfaction in employees can only...
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...INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCE MANUAL CHAPTER TWO The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture To Accompany PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Achieving Competitive Advantage By Jeffrey K. Pinto CHAPTER TWO PROJECT PROFILE: Project Management Improves Lenovo’s Bottom Line INTRODUCTION 2.1 PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY 2.2 STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT Identifying Project Stakeholders Managing Stakeholders 2.3 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 2.4 FORMS OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE Functional Organizations Project Organizations Matrix Organizations Moving to Heavyweight Project Organizations PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN BRIEF: The Impact of Organization Structure on Project Performance 2.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICES 2.6 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE How Do Cultures Form? Organizational Culture and Project Management PROJECT PROFILE: Creating a Culture for Project Management: The Renault Racing Team Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Case Study 2.1 – Rolls-Royce Corporation Case Study 2.2 – Paradise Lost: The Xerox Alto Case Study 2.3 – Project Task Estimation and the Culture of “Gotcha” Case Study 2.4 – Widgets ‘R Us Internet Exercises PMP Certification Sample Questions Integrated Project – Building Your Project Plan Bibliography TRANSPARENCIES 2.1 PROJECTS AND CORPORATE STRATEGY [pic] 2.2 PROJECT STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS ...
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...relevant issues pertaining to the question, even if a little of this critique is a little weak in parts; no inaccuracies in content/theory evident; may include some original content | Unequivocal understanding of question; answers all its parts comprehensively and accurately and excellent critical analysis of relevant issues pertaining to the question; usually includes some original content; no inaccuracies in the theory / content | | Mark out of 30 | <15 | 15-19.4 | 19.5-22.4 | 22.5-25.4 | 25.5 | 26 | Referencing and sources | Scholarly use of sources – No real use of sources to build a case; Cut and paste source material; may include irrelevant quotes that do not add value or make sense; Technical use of sources – poor or absent in-text referencing; insufficient sources of sufficient quality; no or inadequate list of references | Scholarship- Some attempt made to build case using sources, but essay relies on...
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