by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management What is a Change Agent? A change agent is an individual within the organization who is the driving force behind the organizational change. The agent may be responsible for change-related activities or, more commonly, they may...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management What is Resistance to Change common in Organizations? There are several responses to organizational change, as follows: Active resistance – This is when individuals actively resist the change through acts intended to interrupt...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Lewins Three-Stage Process of Change Lewins Three-Stage Process of change is a framework developed by psychologist Kurt Lewin. This model proposes a process for carrying out organizational change. The stages are as follows:...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management What is an Organizations Capacity for Change? Organizational capacity for change entails the organizations preparedness and ability to respond to situations requiring change. It is comprised of three elements: Human skill sets and...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management What is Systems Thinking? Traditional thinking assumes that the parts of an organization are independent of the whole. Systems thinking recognizes that organizations are intricate systems of interconnected parts – each of...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management What is Hofstedes Framework? Hofstedes Cultural Dimensions Theory is a framework for cross-cultural communications. The framework seeks to demonstrate the effects of a societys culture on the values of members of the culture and...
