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Technological University Dublin

Social and Behavioral Sciences

2009

Peace Enforcement

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All Changed, Changed Utterly: The Irish Defence Forces Culture Of Change Management, Tom Clonan Jan 2009

All Changed, Changed Utterly: The Irish Defence Forces Culture Of Change Management, Tom Clonan

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President-elect Barak Obama’s mandate for the US Presidency was predicated on one simple word – ‘Change’. The simplicity of the word, and of his campaign slogan – ‘Yes We Can’ – belies the complex task of managing change within a dynamic and turbulent fiscal and security environment. Only time will tell whether or not President Obama and his cabinet have the individual and collective skill-sets required to deal with the challenges for change that confront them. Closer to home, the Irish government is also confronted with radical change as it applies to the domestic and international fiscal environment. The Irish …