by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What are the Roles of Managers in Organizational Change (Carnall)?Carnall’s Roles of Managers in Organizational Change theory states that effective management of change depends on 3 management skills: Managers should be able to manage transitions effectively by...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is the 8D Problem Solving Method? The 8D Problem Solving (Eight Disciplines) approach, also known as Ford 8D, Global 8D, or TOPS 8D, and create by Ford Motor Company, is a problem solving (process improvement) method that seeks to identify, correct and eliminate...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Gestalt Theory?Gestalt theory holds “there are wholes which, instead of being the sum of parts existing independently, give their parts specific functions or properties that can only be defined in relation to the whole in question” (Wolfgang...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is the Garbage Can Model?The Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice, created by Cohen, March & Olsen, is an organizational choice model to inform decisions about the internal organization of a business. An Organization is compared to a garbage can. An...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Force Field Analysis? Force Field Analysis, created by Kurt Lewin, states that any issue is held in balance by the interaction of two opposing sets of forces. Driving forces – Those seeking to promote change Restraining forces – Those attempting...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What are the Five Disciplines of Senge?The five disciplines of Peter Sense is a model used to identify organizational ‘learning disabilities’ and use the “Five Disciplines” as antidotes to them. The five components in the model from Senge are:...
