Category Archives for "Organisational Development, Change & Design"
Research briefings around the topic of Organisational Development, Change & Design
Job satisfaction, organisational commitment and receptiveness to change
A new study just published in the International Journal of Public Administration has been looking at the relationships between job satisfaction, organisational commitment and people’s attitudes toward organisational change. The intention of the study was to find out how job satisfaction, organisational commitment and people’s attitudes toward organisational change are connected. Job satisfaction Job satisfaction […]
Read more12 Years and they still haven’t merged! Conflicting subcultures in mergers and acquisitions
A longitudinal study just published in the British Journal of Management looked at how a ‘radical’ internet company was absorbed culturally into a ‘bureaucratic’ telecommunications business in The Netherlands. That the process took 12 years to complete at a cultural level shows just how hard it is to absorb a smaller organisation with a completely […]
Read moreThe 13 trends of innovation in businesses
The success of many companies is based on their ability to innovate and be innovative. Innovation is at the heart of developing new markets, competitor differentiation and the ability to build a sustainable competitive advantage. A paper just published by researchers from Austria and China looked at finding the patterns of innovation found in business. […]
Read more14 Driving factors behind organisational innovation
Innovation is what sits under most if not every competitive advantage gained and it drives success and growth. An interesting paper just published by researchers from Brazil looked at the drivers for innovation in organisations. 14 key precursors for innovation were found across a basket of companies from banks to motor vehicle manufacturers and service […]
Read moreAlready had a difficult and painful change event? Be careful, be very careful this next time…
A new study just published shows that organisations that attempt a change programme after a previous difficult and painful change programme face an increased and significant risk of failure during the next programme. This it appears, is down to employees of the organisation effectively being mentally scarred by the last attempt at organisational change. Difficult […]
Read moreCan knowledge management really change organisational culture?
The old saying, knowledge is power, has been shown to have real effect when looking at organisations. Research just published in the Journal of Knowledge Management shows that the discipline of knowledge management (KM) can help to bring about changes in organisational culture. Principles of knowledge management People often perceive that knowledge management in organisations […]
Read moreCan you be too aligned with your organisation?
The strength of organisational identification indicates the level to which the employees identify and agree with the goals, mission and values of the organisation they work in. It is a key indicator of things like employee commitment to the organisation or company, loyalty, intention to leave and a host of other indicators. Up until now […]
Read moreChallenging implicit bias across organisations
A recent study examined two of the hardest issues to manage in an organisation – a change programme, and changing bias. What is implicit bias? Unlike explicit bias (which reflects the attitudes or beliefs that one endorses at a conscious level), implicit bias is the bias in judgment and/or behaviour that results from subtle cognitive […]
Read moreCreating a ‘Just Culture’
The idea of the ‘just culture’ has been around since the 1990s and was originally introduced to deal with blame culture situations, which has been found to significantly reduce error reporting in the workplace and has well documented negative safety and operational consequences. A study just published by researchers from the Centre for Innovative Human […]
Read moreCulture change and organisational cultural identity
A really interesting paper has just been published in the European Management Journal looking at culture in organisations and the implications for culture change and management in organisations. New understanding about culture In the last few years our understanding of culture and how we take on cultural attributes has shifted away from the idea that […]
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