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What Makes A Competent Change Manager? The Importance Of Developing The “Right” Attitudes, Siu Loon Hoe Sep 2017

What Makes A Competent Change Manager? The Importance Of Developing The “Right” Attitudes, Siu Loon Hoe

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of developing the “right” attitudes toward change.Design/methodology/approachThe viewpoint is based on more than 20 years of experience gained and insights developed through consulting projects and training conducted for numerous multinational companies and public sector organizations across Asia. An overview of international and national competency frameworks that include change management from Australia, United Kingdom, and Singapore is also presented.FindingsA competent change manager requires a combination of knowledge, skills, and attitude to effect change. While knowledge and skills have traditionally been emphasized, there is a need to develop the “right” attitude as …


The Predictive Audit: Why Prevention Is Better Than A Cure, Clarence Goh Aug 2017

The Predictive Audit: Why Prevention Is Better Than A Cure, Clarence Goh

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Foreseeing potential problems can save your business from long-term headaches.


The Predictive Audit: Why Prevention Is Better Than A Cure, Clarence Goh Aug 2017

The Predictive Audit: Why Prevention Is Better Than A Cure, Clarence Goh

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Foreseeing potential problems can save your business from long-term headaches.


Revisiting The Small-World Phenomenon: Efficiency Variation And Classification Of Small-World Networks, Tore Opsahl, Antoine Vernet, Tufool Alnuaimi, Gerard George Jan 2017

Revisiting The Small-World Phenomenon: Efficiency Variation And Classification Of Small-World Networks, Tore Opsahl, Antoine Vernet, Tufool Alnuaimi, Gerard George

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Research has explored how embeddedness in small-world networks influences individual and firm outcomes. We show that there remains significant heterogeneity among networks classified as small-world networks. We develop measures of the efficiency of a network, which allow us to refine predictions associated with small-world networks. A network is classified as a small-world network if it exhibits a distance between nodes that is comparable to the distance found in random networks of similar sizeswith ties randomly allocated among nodesin addition to containing dense clusters. To assess how efficient a network is, there are two questions worth asking: (a) What is a …