Strategies for increasing supervisors’ personal power through informal channels Who’s the boss? White paper | 4.10.12 Emily Durham Contents Executive summary Personal biography The effects of power within organisations Sources of organisational power Developing the personal power of supervisors Recruitment approaches Development approaches Minimising the drawbacks of organisational power Reference ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 9 1
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Organisational Behaviour McShane-Olekalns-Travaglione OB Pacific Rim 3e 1 © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved Wesfarmers Limited Wesfarmers OB practices have helped Wesfarmers Limited to become the largest private-sector employer in Australia and one of the most admired companies in the region. McShane-Olekalns-Travaglione OB Pacific Rim 3e 2 © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved Organisational Behaviour and Organisations • Organisational
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orientation firms have better performance * Better profits, sales volume, market share, return on investment * Marketing drives economic growth/stimulates consumer demand * Every employee is a stakeholder in the success of their organisation The Marketing Evolution * Changed from: * Trade * Production orientation * Sales orientation (e.g. black vs. blue) * Market orientation (i.e. what colour do you want, and matching the product) * Societal
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Executive summary The Main aim of this study is to show that the organisation culture actually influence the ability of a business in getting good outcomes by motivating the employees. INTRODUCTION TO ORGANISTION'S CULTURE It can be noticed that now organisation's culture have great importance in the management of human resources for having a growth in corporation or organisations performance and for the better achievements. In many developed countries organisation's culture has been recognised
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INTRODUCTION 1- Observation and evaluation of organisational behaviour a) Stakeholder’s change b) Managerial and leadership change c) Changing models of organizational behaviour -Various degrees of collegiality -Other models: political and ambiguity d) How do we successfully move forward? 2- Managing change and conflicts / resistance a) Organisation change management b) Resistance to change -Why does resistance occur? -Positive effects of resistance / Using resistance
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Introduction A manager must manage organisational behaviour. That means that he or she must have the capacity to • understand the behavioural patterns of individuals, groups and organisations, • predict the behavioural responses that will most probably follow managerial actions, and • use this understanding and these predictions to achieve control. The models or implicit theories that managers develop from everyday life to achieve the above mentioned results, are often inadequate because
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Wolverhampton Business School Management Research Centre __________________________________________________________________________________________________ A Review of the Concept of Organisational Learning By Catherine L Wang & Pervaiz K Ahmed Working Paper Series 2002 Number ISSN Number Catherine L Wang WP004/02 ISSN 1363-6839 Research Assistant University of Wolverhampton, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1902 321651 Email: C.Wang@wlv.ac.uk Professor Pervaiz K Ahmed Chair in Management University
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Unit 4003 INTRODUCING ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE, VALUES AND BEHAVIOUR 1.1. Determine a framework for analysing organisational culture. The contemporary definition of organizational culture includes what is valued, the dominant leadership style, the language and symbols, the procedures and routines, and the definitions of success that characterizes an organization. Organisational Culture represents the values, underlying assumptions, expectations, collective memories, and definitions present
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core units, ten professional areas and eight behaviours an long with four bands. This is to give a thorough walk through and in depth knowledge of the HR profession. The profession map covers the behaviour required to carry out the HR profession. On the map all ten professional areas are categorised into four bands that gives the knowledge and understanding of what is required and needed to carry out the HR profession effectively. The eight behaviours tells us how to carry out all duties and roles
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