Where OD and MBO Meet
Tags: ORGANIZATIONAL change; MANAGEMENT by objectives
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- Complexity-based Change Methods. Waltuck, Bruce A. // Journal for Quality & Participation;Oct2012, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p13
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- CHANGE AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. Cohen, Alan M. // Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare;Fall1973, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p139
Organizations continually adapt to external organizational imperatives such as technology, population, knowledge and values. The increasing rate and intensity of these imperatives necessitates changes in services irrespective of the organization's formal intentions to change. It is suggested...
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The article discusses the approaches on how business leaders can reach their transformative goals in the organization. According to the author, leaders should be committed towards a clear course of action, focus on the internal goal and make it sure that the changes are necessary. He adds that...
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- Organizational Change Techniques: Their Present, Their Future. // Organizational Dynamics;Summer82, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p67
This article focuses on the techniques on implementing organizational change. Organizational behavior modification is based on B. F. Skinner's theory of learning. In brief, this theory holds that people as well as laboratory animals learn to change behavior through the feedback they get from the...
- a lesson in strategy: lead with vision. Marcille, Kim // Supervision;Jan2009, Vol. 70 Issue 1, p17
In Yogi Berra's 2007 commencement speech to the graduating class of St. Louis University, he said, "Be careful if you don't know where you're going in life, because you might not get there."
- Keep Your Team's Goals In Sight. // TeamWork;Sep2009, Vol. 16 Issue 8, p5
The article describes a way on how to keep the vision and objectives of a team in each member's mind. It states that work pressure and job overload can often overlooked the team's goals. It suggests that posting them in a place where they can easily be seen is a good idea to ensure that each...
