Facilitating Change Annette F. McGee ORG 581 August 5, 2012 Wayne Brock Facilitating Change The environment and culture of a company are instrumental; organizations face uncertainty from the beginning and must learn to analyze their environment and competition as expediently as possible. Activities, for example such as task allocation, coordination, and supervision directed toward the attainment of organizational aims are the elements of organizational structure. In conjunction with structure
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the computer age, every process is started to be integrated into electronic environment. And now we have qualified technology to implement new solutions to these problems. Software based systems bring the advantages of having the most efficient control with less effort and employees. These developments provide new solutions for also inventory management systems in this context. In this paper, a new solution for Inventory Management System (IMS) is designed and implemented. Most importantly, this
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developed a system of measuring variance in production systems known as statistical process control (SPC). Statistical process control is one of the major tools that TQM uses to monitor consistency, as well as to diagnose problems in work processes. His student W. Edwards Deming, a mathematical physicist and U.S Department of Agriculture and Census Bureau research scientist, was hired to teach SPC and quality control to the U.S. Defense industry. These methods were considered so important to the war effort
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MOTIVATION AND MOTIVATION THEORY The term motivation is derived from the Latin word movere, meaning "to move." Motivation can be broadly defined as the forces acting on or within a person that cause the arousal, direction, and persistence of goal-directed, voluntary effort. Motivation theory is thus concerned with the processes that explain why and how human behavior is activated. The broad rubric of motivation and motivation theory is one of the most frequently studied and written-about
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Empowerment refers to the employee's feeling of being effective, in control and influential. Furthermore, empowerment positively impacts motivation, and motivation leads to better performance. Maslow's hierarchy of needs provides a foundational theory. It states that all employees have some basic needs that must first be satisfied in order to provide the framework for further motivation and empowerment. There are five levels in the hierarchy: * Physiological needs * Safety and security needs
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Although bureaucracy has been synonymous to red tape and has negatives effects such as “rigidity, alienation and low commitment” (Adler, 1999, p.37) and dehumanizing people (Grey, 2009), the characteristics of bureaucracy such as specialization, hierarchy of authority, system of rules and impersonality (Stewart, 1986) as well as evidence of ongoing existence of this management method, bureaucracy is proved to remain noteworthy. This essay will examine the situation presented in organization today
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Maslow who has a different theory when it pertains to personality. According to this theory personality of a person will be developed due to the various experiences and realities that they encounter in life (Vigil, 2002). Maslow had a belief in the hierarchy of human needs. In order to the proper definition of the human needs an individual has to start in defining the needs by completing one group of needs before proceeding to the next group. Hence Maslow came up with a pyramid in which the needs were
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left, attention is primarily inwards. To the right, it is outwards. The vertical axis determines the decision-maker. At the lower end, control is with management. The upper end indicates control with employees who have been empowered to decide for themselves (Cameron, 1999). 4 hierarchies explained: Hierarchy – 1. Traditional approach to structure and control that flows from a strict chain of command. 2. For many years, considered the only effective way of organizing and is still a basic element
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Hewlett Packard and EDS were well known for creating an internal culture that was recognized, and perceived as having value. Vertical: Stability/Flexibility The position on the vertical axis determines who makes decisions. At the lower end, control is with management, whilst at the upper end, it is devolved to employees who have been empowered to decide for themselves. Stability is a valid form when the business is stable and reliability and efficiency is paramount, but when environmental forces create a need for change
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