Organisational Change

Culture is a central factor in both the understanding of organisations as human
communities and from the perspective of business strategy. Organisations, as
communities, consist of human groups interacting, which subjects them to the
inherent uncertainty and fluctuation of human nature. As Bauman (2003)
observed, "Community is today another name to refer to the lost paradise
where we want to return with all our heart, and that is why we desperately
search for the paths that can lead us to it" (p. VII). This view acknowledges
that organisations are not only the products of human rationality but are also
driven by human emotions.
In organisational contexts, designing culture involves a deep understanding of
the human element. As Neumeier (2009) argues, “Innovation comes from
company culture” (p. 56). Culture, therefore, is not just a passive reflection of
an organisation’s values; it is an active driver of change and innovation. Given
the importance of culture in shaping organisational performance and success,
the need for a systematic approach to designing and managing culture
becomes evident.

The question addressed in this contribution is whether fear / anxiety is an emotion that inhibits or fosters the sustainability of our planet. To be meaningful, this question has to be modified straightaway: Can fear be a factor for the enhancement of sustainability? If so, how? Fear, if it is pathological, can paralyze. But in its healthy forms it can stimulate coping behavior. The threats to the sustainability of our planet are manifest in the crisis of the last years. This is a systemic crisis, and that is what makes it intractable. The system that is now in crisis is constituted in a way that crises must occur, again and again. A closer look shows that the economic, social and ecological spheres are not at all distinct, but intertwined, which makes most policies obsolete, and even worse, leads to ever increasing damage to the natural environment. Fear / anxiety per se is not the best advisor, but the adaptive function of fear can trigger new collective behaviours toward sustaina...

La télémédecine est porteuse de nombreuses promesses quant à l'amélioration de la qualité des soins et la coopération entre les acteurs de santé. La mise en place de projets de télémédecine reste cependant complexe et ne répond pas toujours aux attentes initiales, notamment du fait de freins liés au manque de partage et de transmission d'information entre les différents acteurs. Depuis la loi d'août 2004 ayant permis sa création, le dossier médical partagé (DMP), censé répondre à ce besoin, peine à se développer. Le lancement de « Mon Espace de Santé » en 2022 suscite de nombreux espoirs, mais n'a pas encore démontré ses effets. Des stratégies alternatives se font jour actuellement, portées notamment par des start-ups ou des professionnels de santé, pour assurer cette fonction de partage de données et plus largement de coopération. L'objet de la communication est d'apporter des éléments de réponse aux questions suivantes : dans quelle mesure les outils de télémédecine sont-ils vecteurs de décloisonnement et de nouvelles coopérations ? En quoi les outils et dispositifs déployés sont-ils à la fois leviers de transformation et reflets des difficultés rencontrées par les acteurs ? Les entretiens et observations empiriques réalisées ont permis de confirmer l'importance du partage d'information dans le développement de la télémédecine. Cela conduit également à s'interroger sur le développement des outils en ce sens malgré les difficultés rencontrées par le DMP liées notamment aux contraintes du secteur de la santé : tensions de fonctionnement et difficultés de coordination entre professionnels. L'évolution des outils illustre non seulement l'évolution des besoins de la population (augmentation des maladies chroniques notamment) mais aussi les changements de pratiques et donc d'organisation des professionnels de santé.

The eventual success of the product is valued based on the degree of its acceptance by the consumer market. In this paper, due to the frequent and rapid placement of new/modified products within a variety of industries and markets, the theory of "diffusion of innovation" is analyzed in detail. According to this theory, the process of acceptance and adoption of the product on the market known as diffusion is actually a process of communication of the innovation through certain channels (mass media and interpersonal channels), over time, between members of a particular social system. For enterprises, in regards to the placement of new products on the market, is important to be aware of the basic factors that condition the acceptance of innovation and accelerate the rate of adoption. The process of diffusion implies understanding and predicting consumer behavior. In this regard, it is critical to analyze the behavior of different types of consumers in the process of acceptanc...

This paper investigates the role of medical professionals in the success and longevity of the implementation of workplace innovation and organizational change in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Departments of two large public hospitals, in Australia and Canada, during the introduction of process improvement using Lean Management (LM) methodologies. We ask why and how doctors resist, influence or enable LM initiatives in healthcare. Using a qualitative methodology, we contribute to institutional work theory by unpacking the complex forms of boundary and practice work undertaken by key actors who effectively use their professional status and power to enable practice changes to be embedded. Our findings lend support to the importance of the involvement and ownership of senior doctors in the design, introduction and implementation of successful workplace innovation and organizational change. Senior doctors use their professional expertise, positional and political power at the industry...

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Este trabalho objetivou a avaliação da Usabilidade do Projeto Era Virtual 360º sob perspectiva de sua Curadoria Digital, através da visitação virtual do Museu Vale como produto de espaço de memória social disponibilizado como acervo de sua plataforma digital. Como metodologia, a pesquisa tem como natureza uma investigação descritiva de abordagem qualitativa, utilizando-se de observação sistemática de especialistas, previamente definidas. Dessa forma, este trabalho contribui para as discussões e compreensões deste novo fenômeno sociocultural, a partir das relações interdisciplinares entre as áreas da Ciência da Informação, Museologia, Turismo e Engenharia de Usabilidade, entre os meandros da cultura de massa, globalização e tecnologias da informação e comunicação na sociedade contemporânea. Como resultados, a partir do uso da "Checklist da Curadoria Digital" do Museu Vale, desvelou-se um produto museológico como espaço This paper aimed at evaluating the Usability of the 360º Virtual Era Project under the perspective of its Digital Curatorship, through the virtual visitation of the Vale Museum as a product of social memory space made available as a collection of its digital platform. As a methodology, the research has the nature of a descriptive research of a qualitative approach, using systematic observation of previously defined specialists. In this way, this paper contributes to the discussions and understandings of this new socio-cultural phenomenon, starting from the interdisciplinary relations between the areas of Information Science, Museology, Tourism and Usability Engineering, between the meanderings of mass culture, globalization and information technologies and communication in contemporary society. As a result of the use of the "Digital Curatorship Checklist" of the Vale Museum, a museological product was unveiled as a memory space in a digital platform where information and PRISMA.COM n.º 41

In an era of technological ‘Oppenheimer momentum,’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as the new frontier in military decision-making, presenting enormous promises and challenges.

This paper investigates the transformational impact of AI in the context of European land-based military operations, focussing on how AI may speed up decision-making, improve interoperability, and reshape traditional command and control (C2) structures. AI’s unprecedented capacity to interpret large data sets in real time can improve battlefield responsiveness and operational efficiency, acting as a force multiplier in multi-domain operations.

In the current context of global military competition, AI’s dual-purpose nature—its applicability in both civilian and military contexts—presents European ground forces with a competitive advantage, notably in sensor-to-shooter systems, predictive analysis, and autonomous decision-making. In addition to these improvements, this paper discusses the ethical, legal, and security problems connected with AI use for such purposes. As autonomous systems perform more complicated jobs, worries about accountability, transparency, and potential overreliance on opaque AI algorithms pose critical considerations about the future of combat and global security.

The present study not only emphasises AI’s capacity to transform contemporary military decision-making mechanisms but also advocates for a strong governance structure that provides human supervision, ethical purity, and the preservation of international security standards in the context of unmanned conflict.

Constant renewal of the self-image and self-knowledge of the organisation becomes part of the day-to-day knowledge-in-use of front-line practitioners. The Network Enterprise is a model of business conducted by shifting alliances of partners developing innovative products and processes in close collaboration with their clients. Organisations abandon the concept of a central product, redefining themselves as providers of solutions. We draw on the experience of two ‘solution-providers’, one for-profit and one not-for-profit. The concept of a solution or transition requires practitioners to consider each individual case drawing on personal knowledge of the organisation’s accessible competencies and capacities. Choices among the possible solutions to the client’s problems can have unpredictable effects on the dynamics of the wider organisation. The necessarily personal use of heuristics magnifies the inescapable element of ‘drift’ inherent in the network enterprise. The dynamics generate...

Whilst an executive's behaviour may be viewed as the single most significant factor when examining an organisations performance it may not be the only one as (i)  the organisation's internal culture as well as its (ii) external market environment also exert considerable influence on performance.

A presente tese, numa ampla abordagem aos variados conceitos e aplicação do uso de marketing na dimensão da museologia contemporânea portuguesa, tem como objectivo a reflexão e a análise, numa delimitação espaço-temporal que abrangerá o século XX e o século XXI, do marketing prático e o papel que este desempenha no seio dos museus e do público afecto, os conceitos e diálogos das lojas de museus em Portugal, sua disposição arquitectónica, estrutura organizativa, assim como a forma como influem determinadas particularidades estéticas, estruturais e organizativas, na atracção e cativação do público. O percurso de investigação prende-se com a actual necessidade de reflexão incisiva sobre a recente explosão museológica, que veio alterar na maioria dos casos a postura adoptada por grande parte dos museus em relação ao tema em análise.

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Resumo Na continuação de uma diversidade de acções já anteriormente levadas a cabo para o conhecimento dos seus públicos, o Museu Nacional de Etnologia conduziu um inquérito aos visitantes individuais ou em grupo não organizado e não escolar entre 2004 e 2005. As conclusões levaram a uma refl exão profunda acerca da comunicação do Museu, da sua localização geográfi ca, dos recursos disponíveis, etc. Apesar do seu carácter exploratório, este projecto foi determinante para a compreensão de algumas características do visitante do Museu, para o entendimento teórico de novos conceitos como não-público e, em última instância, para a delineação de novas estratégias de comunicação. É dessa investigação e suas ramifi cações para o dia-a-dia da divulgação do Museu que vamos falar. Abstract Following in the footsteps of a diversity of actions previously undergone in order to understand its audiences, the Museu Nacional de Etnologia applied an inquiry to its spontaneous individual or non organi...

Fragen des Wandels, der Anpassung und tief greifender Umbrüche, geplante oder auch evolutionäre Entwicklungen von Unternehmen stellen einen zentralen Problembereich betriebswirtschaftlicher Forschung dar. 1 Gleichzeitig sind hohe Misserfolgsraten ein Indikator dafür, dass trotz der nahezu unerschöpflichen Literatur zu diesem Thema noch viele Fragen im Hinblick auf eine erfolgreiche Gestaltung von Veränderungsprozessen offen sind. 2 In fast allen Auseinandersetzungen zum Thema "organisationaler Wandel" 3 wird einerseits die Notwendigkeit des Einbezugs der Mitarbeiter in Veränderungsprozesse betont; andererseits ist für die vielen in Theorie und Praxis vorgeschlagenen Veränderungskonzepte nach wie vor charakteristisch, dass sie Mitarbeitern eine eher passive, wenn nicht sogar opponierende Rolle zuschreiben. 4 Somit sind bis heute Top-down Ansätze vorherrschend, 5 in denen davon ausgegangen wird, dass sich mit der Reorganisation als Weisung von oben auch das Mitarbeiterverhalten automatisch ändert. 6 Die Perspektive von Mitarbeitern als passive Rezipienten von Anweisungen ist aber im Hinblick auf sich wandelnde Arbeitsanforderungen nicht mehr zeitgemäß, denn "[w]ith increasing competition and unpredictable changes in the business environment, employees are required to be more proactive, flexible, and innovative in their dealings with task-related issues." 7 Dementsprechend sind man-1

This paper reports on the evaluation of an English experiment which, for the first time, moved statutory social work support for children and young people in out-of-home care from the public to the private or independent sector. Five social work practices (SWPs), independent or semi-independent of local government, were established and evaluated using a matched control design with integrated process evaluation. Social work teams in the public sector, selected to correspond to key characteristics of the SWP sites, provided control sites. While most SWPs were perceived to be accessible and user-friendly organizations, children's and young people's accounts showed no differences between pilots and control sites in terms of workers' accessibility and responsiveness. Perceptions of SWP staff's decision-making were mixed. SWP staff reported spending more time in direct face-to-face work with children and families but this was attributed to reduced caseload size and a tight remit which excluded child protection work rather than to decreased bureaucracy. SWP staff morale was generally found to be high in terms of depersonalization and social support, reflecting an emphasis on staff supervision in these organizations. However, this was offset by slightly higher job insecurity which reflected the precariousness of employment in the independent as opposed to state sector. Staff retention varied between the SWPs, but although children and young people in the pilots were more likely to retain their key worker than those in control sites, they experienced disruption in the move into SWPs and back to public services when SWP contracts were not renewed. While some SWPs succeeded in reducing placement change rates for children and young people, a policy of switching placement providers to achieve flexibility and savings increased placement change rates in some SWPs. SWPs did not achieve financial independence from the local authority commissioners with only one assuming full responsibility for managing the placement budget. Payment by results was not used consistently. None of the commissioners interviewed considered that the SWP model had resulted in savings. The study highlighted the interdependence of public and private sectors. As small organizations, most of the SWPs succeeded in offering an accessible and personalized service, and public services should consider reorganizing to achieve similar outcomes. However, this evaluation found that contracted-out organizations struggled to provide children in out-of home care with the consistency and continuity they require.

Entrepreneurs are under immense pressure to gain a competitive advantage in the global markets, but limited resources and opportunities are making it increasingly difficult. Despite this, there are still sociological and other factors that contribute to risk aversion among entrepreneurs. The study aims to present a global perspective on entrepreneurial social cognition and new venture creation. The study is based on a systematic literature review that identified various obstacles to entrepreneurial success. The study argues that successful entrepreneurship and business innovation are related to social cognition, risk perception, and agency. The results prove that the three mentioned variables are key in the establishment of new entrepreneurial ventures. Furthermore, literature analysis revealed that to foster a thriving knowledge-based economy, it is necessary to create a supportive social environment that encourages entrepreneurial endeavours. It emerged from the analysis of the literature that a rich social context, coupled with social cognition, significantly impacts the perception of entrepreneurial opportunities. The study emphasizes that external social factors such as political, socio-economic, and communal environments play a crucial role in shaping entrepreneurs’ perceptions of new venture creation. The quality of knowledge ingrained in the social context helps to mitigate the perceived risks associated with starting a new venture. Moreover, the study highlights the importance of agency in reducing risk perception and promoting new venture creation. By analysing relevant literature, the article provides a theoretical framework that contextualizes the creation of new ventures in modern knowledge-based economies. The study proposes effective mitigation of the negative schema abstracted from the social-ecological context through knowledge derived from social communities of practice

Rahmonov O., Majgier L., Andrejczuk W., Banaszek J., Karkosz D., Parusel T., Szymczyk A.: Landscape diversity and biodiversity of Fann Mountains (Tajikistan). Ekologia (Bratislava), Vol. 32, No. 4, p. 388-395, 2013.The aim of study is a presentation of main vegetation landscape diversity and biodiversity in case of endemic species in the Fann Mountains area, in horizontal and vertical approach. In terms of biodiversity, the high-mountain ecosystems of Central Asia include the most valuable areas in the world called as hotspot, and also are exposed to intense human pressure causing the destruction of habitats. Vegetation landscapes of Fann Mountains are very diverse because of high-mountain character of this area, local climatic conditions, topography and habitats. That differentiation leads up to biodiversity and formation of unique plant landscapes and endemic species. The vegetation landscapes in altitude order are represented by forbs meadow steppe, thymes, swamp, broad-leaf fore...

Irish nursing home care has become a complex and contentious issue in recent years with the traditional approach of care coming in for a lot of criticism. In response, a change in care culture to a person-centred approach has been growing steadily in popularity, focusing on placing resident care in their own hands, effectively giving them the ability to decide how they wish to be cared for. This new way of caring for residents requires significant organisational change in how homes operate, are designed and, most importantly, how staff are trained to deliver care. Anecdotally, the culture change and person-centered care is regarded as beneficial to residents and families but there is minimal research into whether staff experience satisfaction with the approach. Using a survey, this study investigated staff beliefs, affective organisational SUBMISSION OF THESIS AND DISSERTATION

This article investigates emerging masculinities in Turkey’s massive Muğla forest fires of 2021 and their aftermath. The findings are based on a multi-stage qualitative field study: the disaster research was conducted in Köyceğiz and Marmaris in 2021, as well as social media research and personal observations during the fires, followed by follow-up research in 2022. Following Pacholok (2013), I argue that in the unique time and terrain frame of disaster, masculinities are contested and realized. In relation to disaster and environment, four main local constructions of masculinities are observed during the fires. They are (1) the villagers who embody traditional rural masculinities, (2) the firefighters who represent working-class masculinities based on arduous physical labor without heroism, (3) the forest officers and engineers who represent masculinities with refined state-centered engineering male rationality that aim for men’s domination over nature, and (4) the celebrities and volunteers that comprise the urbanites who represent possibilities for alternative ecomasculinities with subtle gender egalitarianism. They present particular constructions of masculinities that reveal local societal norms and expectations and the gender relations that emerged as a result of the crisis environment caused by forest fires.

This thesis investigates environmental sustainability practices and strategies within European music festivals from an organiser's perspective, structured around three interlinked research domains. Each domain directly corresponds to a primary objective: 1) Analysing the environmental practices and performance of music festivals by examining how key characteristics such as territory, institutional framework, financial resources, and artistic project influence environmental outcomes; 2) Understanding the environmental decision-making processes within festivals, focusing on the motivations, perceived benefits, and barriers affecting the adoption of greening practices; and 3) Assessing the role and impact of environmental certifications on festival strategies and operations.
Employing a multidisciplinary theoretical framework that combines insights from festival management, sustainable event management, greening decision-making, and environmental certification, the study utilises a mixed-methods approach. Quantitative data from surveys are analysed using statistical methods, including bivariate correlations, to facilitate robust cross-cultural comparisons between festivals in Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden) and Southern European countries (Italy and Spain). These analyses are enriched with qualitative insights from thematic interviews with industry experts, deepening the understanding of the complex interactions at play.
Significant findings reveal that specific festival dimensions are likely to significantly influence environmental strategies and behaviours. Furthermore, the research not only updates existing theoretical frameworks, such as Mair and Jago’s model (2010), but also introduces new theoretical constructs to better conceptualise the greening process within the music festival industry. The conclusions provide actionable insights for stakeholders across the live music industry and suggest directions for future research to advance sustainability within the festival sector.

This paper provides clarification on the use of the terms 'hard' and 'soft' in the context of project and program management, by exploring what it means for a project to be hard or soft. This paper draws on the authors' practice based research into large organisational change programs in a variety of contexts, and the literature on project management, systems thinking and evaluation. A framework for exploring the hardness and softness of project process and outcomes is provided. It acts as an aid to structured discussion and informed decision making about the application of methods for managing projects and programs and the appropriate methods for evaluating their success. This framework is designed to aid in the transfer of lessons learned to practice by offering a common point of comparison between projects, and has potential for use as a predictive aid to resourcing. Its use is demonstrated in three cases.

Veränderte Marktstrategien und die fortschreitende Technisierung der Produktion machen eine Neugestaltung betrieblicher Abläufe notwendig und zugleich möglich. Die Gestaltungsinnitiativen bewegen sich in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen den individuellen und den organisierten Interessen sowohl der Unternehmen wie der Lohnabhängigen. Für alle Akteure besteht in dieser Phase eine erhöhte Ungewißheit; die Neugestaltung betrieblicher Abläufe bringt auch eine Verschiebung ihrer Machtpositionen mit sich ebenso wie eine Veränderung der Spielregeln betrieblicher Auseinandersetzungen. Mit den betrieblichen Abläufen verändern sich auch die Macht-und Kontronbeziehungen im Betrieb. Die zentrale These des Aufsatzes ist es, daß es bei den neuen Formen der Arbeitsorganisation nicht nur um die Veränderung betrieblicher Arbeitsteilung und die Anpassung an Funktionsanforderungen von Technik geht, sondern auch um eine Veränderung von Formen und Inhalt der Managementfunktion. Diese These wird anhand der Beispiele der Qualitätszirkel und der Produktionsteams diskutiert.

The objective of this research was to explore the nature of employee commitment and to determine if this commitment is enhanced if the company encourages a climate of inclusive change and whether there is a difference in the nature of this relationship based on nationality. The survey was conducted amongst 121 respondents in full-time employment in Thailand and Ireland. The findings indicate that change management styles in both countries show some statistically significant changes along with room for improvement and that the appetite for more active participation in change management programmes does exist. Limitations and implications for management and future research are presented.

What this essay sets out to argue is for inclusion of futures studies within business studies as a way of broadening the primarily economics discourse business schools are required to have. This can balance humani- ty's needs for societal transformation with the organisation's needs for organisational transformation through an inclusive integral leadership approach. Indeed, are the two different?

Higher Education has been widely recognised as a principal agent for addressing the current sustainability challenge that society is facing, because of its key mission of knowledge generation and transfer through research and teaching. Several are the contributions that have sought to model and define the key features necessary for creating more sustainable universities. This article presents a review of current practices and initiatives worldwide towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at universities. It includes an analysis of existing models of sustainable universities, environmental and sustainable practices, the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) rationale and pedagogy, and curriculum development and innovation towards embedding ESD within Higher Education. Based on this review of the literature and key initiatives and milestones in ESD, key implications and pathways for future research and practice of ESD in Higher Education are outlined.

The paper argues that reflexive methodology in organisation-based research can be further developed by a detailed engagement with the senses, in this case 'smell'. We discuss how smell as a noun, verb and metaphor perceived through the body helped us generate alternative and evolving interpretations of our research on a bakery. As embodied researchers, we engaged in the context of the bakery with its overarching and localised smells and at the same time reflected together on our experience. We argue that extending Alvesson and Sköldberg (2009) and Alvesson's (2011) concept of 'reflexive pragmatics' to include the senses adds an important way of promoting reflection. We also suggest that considering the senses, especially smell, might overcome some of the problems of interviewing identified by Alvesson (2011), such as sustaining the social interaction and delving beneath a surface interpretation.

Lo scopo di questo elaborato è dare rappresentazione delle caratteristiche della motivazione di un gruppo di volontari. Si analizzano le due più importanti classificazioni di motivazioni dei volontari. Dopo averne
evidenziati i limiti, si procede esponendo le maggiori teorie della motivazione: combinando teoria dell’autodeterminazione, della definizione degli obiettivi e dell’aspettativa si individuano 20 parametri considerati rilevanti alla motivazione. Si sviluppa quindi un questionario per la misurazione di tali parametri. Il sondaggio è stato diffuso tra le Pro Loco venete, e sono state raccolte 116 risposte, più 14 risposte da un gruppo di controllo di volontari generici. Le risposte a domanda aperta sono state categorizzate tramite analisi di parole chiave. È stato eseguito il T-Test di Student per confrontare i valori raccolto nelle Pro Loco con quelli dei volontari generici. Si è quindi eseguita l’analisi di regressione lineare e si sono calcolate le correlazioni tra i vari parametri. I dati raccolti confermano le previsioni fatte tramite la teoria proposta, ma mostrano anche come i fattori derivati dalla teoria della definizione degli obiettivi e dell’aspettativa sembrino essere più rilevanti, nel
prevedere il grado di motivazione percepito, di quelli derivati dalla teoria dell’autodeterminazione. Si propongono quindi delle semplificazioni della teoria, focalizzandosi sui parametri principali. Alla luce di ciò, nelle conclusioni, si consigliano ai direttivi delle Pro Loco delle buone pratiche per aumentare la motivazione, e quindi il coinvolgimento dei soci volontari.

Organisations which began from scratch will begin to face challenges in developing their organisational culture as it begins to growth. Top management will begin to seek for suitable culture to be introduced and practised in their organisation with the ability to blend ethical values with corporate competitiveness. Implementing western organisational culture is deemed to be inappropriate by Malaysian values. This research is to seek an understanding on the appropriate method in implementing organisational culture change which will assist topmanagement in their decision making. Three elements such as managerial leadership, intrinsic rewards and job environment were observed to be important in implementing a cultural change in the context of Social Exchange Theory and Resource Based View. A quantitative research has been conducted at two organisations with similar employee demography in Malaysia. Comparing these two organisations shows that element of intrinsic rewards has become the sole important factors towards a successful culture change. This paper is among the early attempts in analysing relationship of cultural changes in an organisation with relationship between leadership of management, intrinsic rewards and job environment through perspective of human capital in the organisation in Asian region especially in Malaysia.

Einleitung Goffman's Ansatz "Individuum im öffentlichen Austausch" (1974): lässt sich dies auch auf Organisationen beziehen? Die Verwendung von Goffman für die Organisationsforschung, insbesondere im Bereich der Schulforschung, zu diskutieren, scheint angemessen, da die neuere Schulforschung begreift, dass die Schule als Organisation nicht einfach vorausgesetzt werden kann, sondern es verschiedene Grade von Organisationsfähigkeiten gibt, die erst allmählich und nur unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen von individuellen Rollen, Wissen und Fertigkeiten übergehen zu kollektiven Rollen, Wissen und Fertigkeiten (zum Kapazitäten-Ansatz vgl. Feldhoff 2011; AG Schulinspektion 2016). Schulen bedienen sich dabei verschiedener (teilweise medialer) Strategien der Sichtbarmachung, was mit zu einer Karriere der Organisation verhilft. Hierbei sollen zum einen die Positionierung von Organisationen im Sozialraum besser verstehbar gemacht werden, zum anderen dabei gleichzeitig auftretende Prozesse der Binnenorganisation. Der Vortrag basiert auf einer Meta-Analyse von Daten zweier BMBF-Projekte zur Schulinspektion (2010-2016), die mittels qualitativer Methoden ausgewertet wurden bzw. werden, die dem Symbolischen Interaktionismus zugerechnet sind. Wir arbeiten dabei einem gesellschaftlichen Verständnis von Schule zu. Gegenwärtig erscheint die Schulforschung extrem verzweigt. Drei dominante Sichtweisen sind:  Erstens: Es wird eine Organisationsfähigkeit der Schule einfach unterstellt, und Managementansätze aus verschiedenen Disziplinen werden auf die Schule übertragen.  Zweitens: von Fend beeinflusste Forschungen zum Schulklima (vgl. zum Beispiel Fend 1986) stürzen sich sogleich auf einzelne Mikropraktiken und vergessen Umwelten, die die Schule "da draußen" hat.

Equity literacy refers to the skills and mindsets needed to recognize, respond to, and redress conditions that deny equitable access to education. It involves understanding how identities such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language, religion, immigration status, and disability intersect and contribute to class inequities. More than mere awareness, equity literacy demands a commitment to deepening individual and institutional understandings of the dynamics of equity and injustice within organizations and communities. Its goal is to pinpoint disparities, eradicate inequities, and actively foster a culture of equity. Evaluating equity literacy is essential to understand how educational disparities impact access to equitable opportunities free from bias and discrimination. Considering the existing deficiency in tools for assessing equity literacy, this study introduces a survey instrument designed to assess equity literacy in educational institutions. This survey was developed based on Gorski's equity literacy framework (2016). To establish its validity, the survey was reviewed by experts and refined using Lawshe’s Content Validity Ratio (CVR). Items with CVR scores below the established threshold were removed. The revised 20-item survey was administered to 34 individuals to assess reliability using Cronbach’s alpha. The survey demonstrated robust reliability with an alpha of 0.87. Additionally, the survey categorizes total scores into four rubric levels of equity literacy: exceptional, fair, developing, and little/none. This survey serves as a foundational tool for implementing this framework, thus empowering educators to challenge prevailing mindsets and cultural deficits.

Effective implementation of the strategy developed in a company depends on the structural and procedural capacity of the organisation. Change of the strategy implies the necessity of structural transformations; failure to make such transformations may result in disruptions in the company operation. On the other hand, the process of defining a strategy has to be preceded by a diagnosis of the organisation itself, its environment and possible changes to the structure and level of its resources. The combination of organisational forecast, environment forecast and determination of strategic objectives creates a space for the possible, allowable and feasible strategies. The article shows relationships between the strategy and organisational structure of the company based on research conducted in 79 large Polish production companies.

This thesis presents an interpretive case study of a Malaysian Government-linked Company (GLC) namely Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) which has recently implemented a business reengineering programme. This change programme was imposed by MAHB's parent company as part of a wider government reform agenda to address GLCs' ‗underperformance' post-privatisation. Since long-term business value has become an increasingly important goal, MAHB has attempted to enhance its performance through various change initiatives which have led to institutional change. The thesis analyses the role of situational logics in the context of this institutional change, drawing on the situated logics perspective developed by ter Bogt and Scapens (2014), together with insights from the institutional logics and practice variations literature. Using semi-structured interviews, documentary analysis and observation, the study provides a comparative analysis of three subsidiaries and their relationship with the Finance Division's accounting change. The thesis recognises there are diverse situational logics that different groups of organisational actors apply in their day-today activities and change initiatives, emerging from a complex interplay of contextual and historical forces. This recognition enables us to understand how the three subsidiaries and the Finance Division of MAHB have differently interpreted the notion of performance improvement by applying these diverse situational logics. It sheds light on the issue of how accounting change can give rise to different responses. While the different responses present a theoretical puzzle-why there are different responses to accounting change-this thesis delineates how situational logics shape organisational responses by relating them to the underlying taken-for-granted assumptions of different groups of organisational actors. The thesis shows that the existence of diverse (or rather multiple) situational logics has led to multiple responses from different groups of organisational actors in the different parts of MAHB. The thesis also shows how multiple situational logics can co-exist or conflict and how this is contingent upon the compatibility and/or incompatibility of different interests at the intra-organisational level. Issues concerning multiple changes and multiple responses to institutional pressures, competing interests between public service and profitability, and the interplay of acceptance and resistance are all discussed in the thesis. Using the situational logics perspective, the thesis contributes to understanding the complexity of the ongoing processes of both the organisational change and accounting change at the intraorganisational level. This perspective enables us to understand the different courses of action and practices within the different parts of MAHB due to their situated functionalities. The thesis concludes by discussing the implications of the research findings and possible directions for future research.

The Appreciative Inquiry (AI) model is based on the assumption that the questions we ask will tend to focus our attention in a particular direction. Instead of asking “What is the problem?” which AI argues maintains a basis of deficiency, AI takes the alternative approach. As a self defined asset-based approach, AI starts with the belief that every organization, and every person in that organization, has positive aspects that can be built upon. It asks questions like “What is working well?”, “What is good about what you are currently doing? Cooperrider, Whitney, and Stravos (2008) explain that the outcome of an AI initiative is a long-term positive change in the organization. They assert that AI is important because it works to bring the whole organization together to build upon its positive core. The AI strategic framework is ideal for leaders within the higher educational arena called upon to assess the value of business school education. One of the most common areas utilized to a...

Secondary processes in hospitals are causing a major part of hospitals’ carbon footprint. At the same time, initiating change towards sustainability is more difficult in secondary processes than in other processes: Often, they are not under the complete control of hospitals and involve other actors, such as service providers or purchasing companies. The current research aims to shed light on factors influencing change in secondary processes at the example of hospitals in Germany. Building on a framework that distinguishes change factors on a micro-, meso- and macro-level, it is analysed which aspects are positively or negatively influencing change towards more sustainability. To this end, qualitative interviews with eleven experts from hospitals and service providers have been conducted and results have been assigned to the three levels of change. Results underline the importance of inter-organisational collaboration and the design of structures and processes to establish regular co...

Background: The potential role of the food and beverage industry in addressing diet-related disease is much debated, particularly amidst evidence of the targeted strategies, including voluntary self-regulation, used by the industry to influence policy in their favour. At the same time, the need for more comprehensive action to address unhealthy diets has led to a focus on increasing the accountability of different stakeholders. However, there has been limited evaluation of the impact of accountability initiatives on food and beverage company policies and practices. This study evaluated the impact of the BIA-Obesity (Business Impact Assessment – Obesity and population nutrition) Australia Initiative that benchmarked major Australian food and beverage companies on their nutrition-related policies. Methods: Evaluation was conducted against the pre-specified logic model for BIA-Obesity and established frameworks for analysing organisational change and corporate political activity. Outco...

This paper explores the effect of the post-2007 recession on UK managers using a unique data set derived from the Quality of Working Life Project. This project has been running since 1997 in partnership with UK's Chartered Management Institute. The paper compares a wide range of measures from surveys run in 2007 (immediately before the 'credit crunch') and in 2012 as the UK was slowly emerging from the recession. Data from the surveys are used to examine the extent, pace and nature of organisational change, to assess the effect of change on managers' views of their organisation as a place to work and to assess the effect of changing patterns of work on their physical and psychological well-being and their working hours. The paper reveals that the effect of change has overwhelmingly been seen as negative with declining levels of job satisfaction, work intensification and growing levels of ill health.

Publicação no âmbito do Encontro Arte Efémera e Con servação: O Paradigma dos Bens Etnográficos e da Arte Contemporânea Publication within the framework of the Meeting: Ephemeral Art And Conservation: The Paradigm of Contemporary Art And Ethnographic AGRADECIMENTOS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Esta edição contou com o apoio das seguintes instituições: This publication has been supported by: