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u4 aos2 Flashcards

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leadership in change management

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the ability to positively influence and motivate employees towards achieving business objectives during a transformation

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - staff training

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can be on-the-job or off-the-job and involves a business equipping employees with the knowledge and skills required to perform work tasks

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - staff motivation

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the willingness of an individual to expend energy and effort in completing a task

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - change in management styles

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involves a manager altering the way they direct and communicate with employees

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - change in management skills

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involves a manager altering the way they approach business tasks and collaborate with employees

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - cost cutting

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the process of reducing business expenses

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - increased investment in technology

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involves implementing automated and computerised processes into a business’s operations system

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - improving quality in production

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involves a business implementing processes that increase the perceived value of its good or service

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - initiating lean production techniques

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involves a business adopting lean management strategies to systematically reduce waste in all areas of production while also improving customer value

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - redeployment of resources

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involves reallocating natural, labour, and capital resources to different areas of the business to improve productivity and effectiveness

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - innovation

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the process of altering and improving or creating new products or procedures

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - global sourcing of inputs

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involves a business acquiring raw materials and resources from overseas suppliers

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - overseas manufacture

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involves a business producing goods outside of the country where its headquarters are located

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management strategy to respond to KPIs - global outsourcing

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involves transferring specific business activities to an external business in an overseas country

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corporate culture

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shared values, beliefs and practices of people within a business

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official corporate culture

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the desired culture that a business wishes to establish

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real corporate culture

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the actual or prevailing culture that exists within a business

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learning organisation

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an organisation that facilitates the growth of its members and continuously transforms itself to adapt to changing environments

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systems thinking

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a management approach that considers the interrelationship between the parts of a whole system

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mental models

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existing assumptions and generalisations that must be challenged so that learning and transformation can occur in an organisation

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shared vision

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an aspirational description of what an organisation and its members would like to achieve

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personal mastery

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the discipline of personal growth and learning, aligned with one’s values and purpose

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team learning

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the collective learning that occurs when teams share their experience, insights, knowledge, and skills to improve practices

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low-risk strategies

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measured management approaches that gradually encourage employees to accept and participate in a business change

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communication as a low risk strategy

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involves managers openly and honestly transferring information to employees, and listening to their feedback so that employees are fully aware of the reasons for, and impacts of an upcoming change

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empowerment as a low-risk strategy

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involves managers providing employees with increased responsibility and authority during times of change

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incentives as a low-risk strategy

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involves managers providing financial or non-financial rewards to encourage employees to support change

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support as a low-risk strategy

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involves managers providing employees with assistance as they move from current to new practices

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high-risk strategies

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autocratic management approaches used to influence employees to quickly accept and follow a business change

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manipulation as a high-risk strategy

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involves influencing employees to support a proposed change by providing incomplete and deceptive information about the transformation

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threat as a high-risk strategy

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involves forcing employees to follow a proposed change by stating that they may or will cause harm to them if they fail to do so

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lewin’s three-step change model

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a process that can be used by a business to implement change successfully

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the unfreeze step

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involves moving a business to a state where stakeholders are prepared to undergo change

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the change step

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involves moving a business towards its desired state

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the refreeze step

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involves ensuring a change is sustained within a business for the long term

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corporate social responsibility

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the ethical conduct of a business beyond legal obligations, and the consideration of social, economic, and environmental impacts when making business decisions

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considering employees

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involves a manager addressing factors that promote staff wellbeing during periods of business change

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considering the general community

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involves a business reducing or eliminating practices that are detrimental to the wellbeing of society

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considering the environment

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involves a business reducing negative impacts of its activities on the planet

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