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The Oxford Review Encyclopaedia of Terms provides short definitions and longer articles about terms found in leadership, management, human resources, organisational development and change, learning and development and coaching.

Ideation – definition and explanation

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Ideation – the basis of creativity. Ideation is the process of coming up with or creating new ideas or concepts. Previous research has identified four factors that underpin ideation: Motivation or effort General human capital or knowledge Specific human capital or the ability to accurately evaluate ideas, and Imagination or the ability to innovate, be […]

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Absorptive capacity: Definition and explanation

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Absorptive capacity What is absorptive capacity? Absorptive capacity is an organisation’s ability to identify, assimilate, transform, and use external knowledge, research and practice. In other words, absorptive capacity is the measure of the rate at which an organisation can learn and use scientific, technological or other knowledge that exists outside of the organisation itself. It […]

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Open Innovation: definition and explanation

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Open Innovation What is open innovation? The term open innovation means a situation where an organisation doesn’t just rely on their own internal knowledge, sources and resources (such as their own staff or R&D for example) for innovation (of products, services, business models, processes etc.) but also uses multiple external sources (such as customer feedback, […]

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Distributed Agency: Definition and explanation

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What is distributed agency? Distributed agency refers to the situation where the actions or operations of a range of different individuals often with different motivations, interests and in different places combine to create an outcome they all wanted. Distributed agency can either be co-ordinated or uncoordinated, i.e by chance. There are considered to be four […]

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Organisational Commitment

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Organisational commitment is the individual’s psychological attachment to an organisation. Usually organisational commitment and job satisfaction are closely correlated together with lower levels of intention to leave the organisation. 3 types of organisational commitment Researcher’s have identified three types of organisational commitment:   Affective commitment: Affective committment where the employee has an emotional bond with […]

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Transformational Leadership v Transactional Leadership

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Transformational Leadership v Transactional Leadership What is Transformational Leadership? (Transformative leadership) What is Transactional Leadership? A quick and easy guide to the difference between Transformational Leadership and Transactional Leadership. Transformational Leadership v Transactional Leadership, what is the difference? Below is a handy chart that explains the difference between Transformational Leadership and Transactional Leadership. Note Transformational Leadership is also known […]

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Organisational attachment

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Organisational attachment What is organisational attachment? Organisational attachment is a description of how attached and secure an individual feels to their organisation. It is essentially a group of psychological contracts that exists between the organisation and the employee. It consists of perceptions of: The level of job security offered, Job satisfaction, Job continuity – whether […]

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Sensemaking

What is sensemaking? Sensemaking or sense-making “is the process through which individuals work to understand novel, unexpected or confusing events.” (Dyer 2016) or experiences. In other words the process of sense-making is the practice of working out what meanings people are attributing to their experiences. Sense making  gives a clear idea as to what the prevailing beliefs, […]

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