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questions were carefully constructed and answered by top managers according to a four‐point scale. The three hypotheses were …'s distance. Firms implement incremental changes when top managers use either short‐ or long‐distance analogies within the … strategic formulation process, whereas radical changes are implemented when top managers apply medium‐distance analogies …
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, i.e. a “manager′s model”. Secondly, the model′s focus is concerned with how a manager can go about initiating a “change …
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stability′s sake, and the manager′s dilemma in having a foot in each camp, both disciplined and informal. It is concluded that …
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An ambitious programme was launched in the early 1980s for bringing about an organizational change in planned economy companies. Because of the centralized political and economic power, and strictly hierarchical managerial structures the programme was targeted at the top management teams. The...
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has been done to assess the changing situation for the managers of Soviet enterprises. This 1990 study of 108 Soviet … managers employed in large state‐owned enterprises (including aviation, precision instruments, construction, light industrial …
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Reviews important contemporary theoretical approaches to the understanding and management of change in organizations, and then proposes an alternative framework for integrating the major themes encountered in organizational change management. Reports on results from an assessment instrument...
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This study uses a discursive perspective to analyze the way in which top managers legitimize change in official …
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Purpose – It is commonly argued that the exponential growth in the application of internet technology is one of the most important recent developments in business and management. However, although much research has been conducted on the strategic and operational aspects of the internet, there...
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to make the case, firstly, that democratic leadership, referred to as “leaderful practice,” should be the fundamental form of leadership that characterizes participatory organizational change. The parties affected by change are those engaged who seek to...
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