... to contribute toward these objectives. The training department makes clear that training plays a role, but that other factors are also involved. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Organizational change Organizational performance Training USA Companies are cutting costs. Training, like everything else...

... not drop off as quickly as might be expected with less notice. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Downsizing Layoffs Organizational change Strategic planning Dow Chemical, Ford and 3M all turned in high losses in recent times, but shunned using layoffs to reduce costs. Instead, they looked...

... Budgeting Human resource management Organizational change USA In addition to the “traditional” HR activities undertaken by the departments, almost 70 percent of respondents are charged with handling one or more company‐wide service or administration function ‐ as diverse as in‐house medical services...

... Experts in organizational change and reengineering estimate that only 30‐35 percent of projects are successful. One commentator has suggested that around $20 billion of the $32 billion a year spent on reengineering is for efforts which fail. A large number of the failures are caused by management...

... between chief executives and their technologists. Explores the problems in detail, and offers five steps to bridging the communication gap. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Information technology Organizational change Strategic planning “Many chief executives have been frustrated...

... 1997 Leadership Organizational change Teamwork Telecommunications industry USA Vision “The best way I know to get people to accept the need for change is to not give them a choice. The organization has to know that there is a leader at the top who has made up his mind, that he...

... for the use of reducing the restraining forces rather than increasing the driving forces to effect change, on the basis that increased pressures for change will create equal and opposite forces to maintain the status quo. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Managers Organizational change Planning Tim...

... UP Limited 1996 Flexibility Leadership Organizational change Motorola has long been admired as a role model for corporate excellence. Michael G. Winston addresses two themes at the electronics company ‐ leading renewal and leadership for the millenium. Economic and political...

... in terms of meeting business objectives”, she added. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Competences Corporate strategy Organizational change An inquiry undertaken by the National Audit Office was one factor in introducing a corporate change programme at Motability Finance Ltd which has helped...

... of self‐knowledge by managers. Effectiveness Organizational change Personal development plans Self‐development Self‐esteem Self‐managed learning There are several ways in which the development of self‐knowledge can contribute both to the improvement of management performance...

... directors, marked an important milestone in the sets’ activities. The whole process was supported in‐house by trained facilitators drawn from the human resource function. © Company 1996 Action learning Career development Management development Organizational change Personal development plans...

...Steve Ellis Questions the existence of traditionally‐structured organizations. Discusses important factors in successful organizations in a turbulent environment. Covers topics such as new challenges, new skills and virtual organizations. © Company 1996 Management Organizational change...

.... © Company 1996 Managers Organizational change Psychology Much is written about the impact of corporate change and its effective management. However, Bristol Business School introduces a different perspective ‐ using drawings to identify emotions which result from change. Sarah...

... development Organizational change Training techniques Training and development has been an important contributor to the blending of cultures at Glaxo Wellcome since their merger in 1995. Janet Kelly reports on the four‐phase approach. The merger in March 1995 of Glaxo and The Wellcome Foundation...

... entrepreneurs. Draws an analogy between an organization and a ship in order to demonstrate how to create a culture which can cope effectively with a rapid rate of change. © Company 1996 Corporate culture India Organizational change Julie Hay reports on her organizational issues lecture tour...

... are at work. Here, leadership and motivation after change are key if increased productivity is sought. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Flexibility Human resource management Information technology Organizational change Resistance According to Charles Macadam, general manager at Franklin Quest...

... centre by the Institute of Motor Industry and awards have piled up. In 1993, Appleyard was given a national New Learning Opportunities © MCB UP Limited 1996 Learning Motor industry Organizational change Small firms As managing director at Appleyard of Chesterfield and at Slough...

... of a global employment market. Flexible working Human resource development Human resource management Information technology Organizational change This article argues that the emergence of flexible working methods as a permanent feature of the modern employment market is confronting HR management...

... Organizational change Pilkington Optronics Trends A recently published, research‐based report has identified trends and best practice in career development. James Creelman reports on what is happening at Pilkington Optronics, the London Borough of Brent, and ICL . How to make corporate change...

... on TQM, BPR, BS 5750, acquisitions, and IT projects concluding that around four out of five have failed to make a difference. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Management development Organizational change Organizational effectiveness The Japanese, however, have shown that this is not a plausible...