Introduction Most organizational change initiatives fail to yield the desired outcomes (Cummings & Worley, 2015). However, some organizations have successfully, initiated and sustained change initiatives, yielding the desired outcomes. The Atlassian Company is an example of such an organization, which was able to Initiate and sustain its change initiative in its performance review, achieving […]
Most organizations in the current times prefer developing their employees with specific skills required in the leadership as well as the general operation of the organizations. Whereas in the past organizations outsourced people with such skills to fill up positions when need arose, most organizations are now equipping their employees with prerequisite skills required for
Clean Car Care (3Cs) is located within a mid-western city of 175,000 people. The company owns and operates four full service car washes in the city. The owner, Otto Spritz, has strategically cornered the car wash market, with his only competition being two coin operated car washes on the outskirts of the city. The current
There are increasing use of temporary employees, contract workers, interns and freelancers by most companies. However, the use of temporary employees offers both benefits and drawbacks. When workers are hired on temporary basis, they are not entitled to some benefits like retirement benefits. In addition, temporary workers do not benefit from security of tenure as
Organizations face challenge of implementing change optimally because of poor communication between the employees and the management. Ambivalence and resistance to change is more amplified by the workers whose lives are directly affected by the changes. Organizations relies on change agents to communicate the intended changes needed to be implemented in the organization(Florian, Klonek, &
Do you think firms should offer benefits to part-time workers? If yes, should they offer benefits such as, paid time-off, a 401(k) plan and health insurance? Or only one or two of the benefits? Explain your recommendation. Yes, because by offering benefits to part-time workers is particularly smart for organizations that engages in small scale
Living things and non-living things coexists in the ecosystem, but biologically they have characteristics that differentiate them. Typically, living things have eight characteristics that are associated with life and non-living things do not have these characteristics(Kadhila, 2014). The eight characteristics associated with living organism are: All living things maintain homeostasis: This is the mechanism that
The police often communicate to people from diverse backgrounds, preconceptions and attitudes (Thurman, & Zhao, 2004). The police often face a challenge when communication to the people and this could be attributed to many factors. Sometimes the police are required to communicate to people who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The use
The qualified plans can be classified as either defined benefits or defined contributions (Mathis et al., 2013, p. 459). The defined contribution is a retirement plan where the employee, employer, or both make contributions with no promised payout of future funds. In contrast, the defined benefits plans offer automatic payouts upon the employee retirement, at
The perspective that addiction is a disease has seen the use of drugs in the treatment of substance addiction. Although there has been extensive use of counseling in modern addiction treatment strategies, according to (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2009) those individuals who use drug in addition to counseling experience better rates of recovery. However,