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Strategies Leaders In Nonprofit Organizations Use To Expand Capacity, Reginald A. Stanley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nonprofit organizations impact the community and make substantial contributions to organizations, individuals, communities, and the environment, but many struggle to continue to grow. Supporting growing demands to provide support to communities with a reduction in available resources threatens nonprofit organizations' survivability and effectiveness. Grounded in general system theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies leaders of a small nonprofit organization in southern California used to grow their organization to serve a larger population. The participants comprised 3 nonprofit leaders with documented success at developing and growing their business. Data were collected from semistructured interviews …

Relationship Between Information Technology Integration, Senior Leadership Involvement In Postmerger Integration, And Merger Performance, Francis Tella

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractIneffective post-merger performance places an organization at financial risk. Health care leaders are concerned with post-merger performance because of the high rate of post-merger failure and the significant economic and social impact that hospitals have on their communities. Grounded in Haspeslagh and Jemison's post acquisition integration framework, the goal of this quantitative ex post facto study was to evaluate the relationship between information technology integration, senior leadership involvement in post-merger integration, and post-merger performance. Secondary data were collected from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Hospital Compare and the American Hospital Association's annual survey databases for 2018. Data from Irving …

Effectively Managing Energy Costs In The Resort Industry, Justin Whitesides

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Hawaii's commercial consumers pay the highest electricity rate in the United States;these costs are expected to rise 3-3.5% in 2021. Management in the Hawaiian resort industry that lacks adequate knowledge of controlling these rising costs is at a competitive disadvantage. Utilizing the diffusion of innovation theory, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore strategies used in the resort industry to control energy costs. The participants comprised of 10 energy management professionals with successful experience managing energy consumption in the resort industry. Data were collected through telephone interviews, archival documentation, and field notes. Using Yin's 5-step process of …

Increasing Compliance Of Chlorhexidine Wipes To Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections, Kelly Jean Dunn

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractHealthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) are complications of healthcare linked to increased mortality, morbidity, and length of stay. Assiduous surveillance and constant reeducation can decrease HAI incidence and reduce the healthcare burden caused by these events. Evidence has demonstrated that using 2% chlorhexidine wipes instead of bathing with soap and water greatly reduces the bacteria on the skin and prevents infections such as catheter-associated urinary tract infections and central line-associated bloodstream infections. The practice-focused question for this quality assurance doctoral project was to evaluate if an educational intervention improved compliance of chlorhexidine wipe use among ICU nurses with the hope of improving …

Relationship Between Risk Identification, Risk Response, And Project Success, Marsha Marinich

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractProjects are used to implement the organization's strategic goals, but high failure rates reduce projects' effectiveness in successfully achieving goals. High failure rates reduce project managers’ effectiveness of projects in successfully achieving goals. Senior leaders and project managers are unable to deliver successful projects due to unmanaged risks. Grounded in expected utility theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between risk identification, risk responses, and project success. A survey was created in SurveyMonkey® and distributed on LinkedIn. Survey responses were analyzed from 71 project managers with at least five years of experience in Washington, …

Leadership Strategies For Success Of Small To Medium Urban Enterprises, Gregory Ricardo Jackson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Despite the important role small businesses play in economic success, 50% of small businesses fail within 5 years of startup. Some small-to-medium enterprise (SME) owners cannot sustain operations and face closure because of a lack of leadership strategies to operate their business successfully. Grounded in the transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore leadership strategies that have been successful for SME owners in urban areas to sustain their business more than 5 years. The participants were 3 SME owners in urban areas of Atlanta, Georgia, who have been in business for more than …

Understanding Self-Managed Teams Using Biomimicking, Mohammad Nozari

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractThe potential high performance of self-managed teams can only materialize with implementing such teams properly and differently from traditional manager-led teams. This qualitative descriptive multiple case study presents biomimicking as a unique and untapped resource to achieve that potential by applying a biomimicking lens to help understand successful decision-making patterns for self-managed teams. The study population included team members of self-managed teams working in information technology companies in Toronto, Ontario, as the technology hub of Canada with a tendency to apply the latest approaches for teamwork performance and output. The conceptual framework of the study included teamwork, self-management, social choice, …

Self-Care Practices, Work Experience, Educational Setting, And Burnout Among School Counselors, Paul Sylvester-Nwosu

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractSchool counselors should be well-adjusted in their personal and professional lives and possess a keen, accurate perception of their self-care practices. However, people drawn to careers in school counseling are often at risk of developing burnout due to high professional demands and limited resources supporting their self-care and well-being. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to investigate the relationship between the independent variables of self-care practices, years of work experience, and educational settings and the dependent variable of levels of burnout among practicing school counselors in K-12 suburban educational settings in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. …

Knowledge Transfer Strategies And Retaining Business Critical Information, Silvia Dimma

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

American business leaders are challenged to replace 70 million knowledgeable and experienced workers. Some leaders of organizations have no formalized knowledge transfer strategies in place to reduce lost productivity and negative financial effects of retiring and resigning employees. Seventy-five million baby boomers are leaving organizations, taking knowledge and skills with them, and leaving organizations with the challenge of training new employees. Grounded by Nonaka and Takeuchi’s socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization model for knowledge creation, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore knowledge transfer strategies used by credit union leaders to retain critical business information. Participants …

Talent Retention Strategies For Service Industry Managers Within Rust Belts, Tunisha Foley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Human capital flight jeopardizes the future of rust belt organizations. Service industry managers within rust belt cities are at high risk of failure. Framed by the talent management model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies rust belt managers used to reduce human capital flight. Participants were 1 health care manager and 1 social assistance manager from Detroit, Michigan, and Flint, Michigan, respectively, who successfully implemented strategies to reduce human capital flight. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and business documents. Data were analyzed with inductive content analysis, word frequency searches, and theme interpretation. Three …

Transformational Leadership Effects On Employee Engagement And Counterproductive Work Behavior's Influence As A Moderating Variable, Cybil M. Johnson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many organizations have the daunting task of dealing with counterproductive work behavior (CWB) at various levels in the workplace. This study sought to examine if transformational leadership (TFL) has an impact on employee engagement (EE) and if CWB has a moderating influence on this relationship in the U.S. Postal Service. This study’s intent was to address a gap in the literature regarding CWB exhibited by employees and the positive intentions of TFL on EE. A quantitative study was conducted utilizing an anonymous online survey to assess the relationship among employees of the U.S. Postal Service. The study was conducted using …

The Influence On Employee Engagement Of Employee Negative Perceptions Of Leader Actions, Vickki Gamol Johnson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In 2018, only 34% of U.S. workers reported that they were engaged in their jobs, up from 31.5% just 4 years prior. Employee engagement, organizational well-being, and leader actions are significant to companies and brands in a highly competitive, modern business environment. The alarmingly low rate of employee engagement resulted from negative perceptions of leaders. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the phenomenon of disengagement through the lived experiences of employees in the public sector who had negative perceptions of their leaders. The conceptual lens was Herzberg’s theory mapped onto Maslow’s hierarchy to address the research question …

Strategies For Implementing E-Learning Solutions In Ghana’S Public Universities: A Delphi Study, Joyce Manu

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Thousands of qualified university applicants are denied admission into mainstream public universities in Ghana each year mainly due to lack of physical space on campuses, but e-learning has been identified as a way of increasing admissions. However, there have been no strategies for implementing solutions to e-learning, and so this study was conducted to identify these strategies. The conceptual framework comprised of status quo bias, culture, and resistance to change. A qualitative modified Delphi approach was used for the study with three rounds of surveys. The 11 panelists were administrators and/or professors who had been in their positions for 2 …

Firearm Restriction And Its Impact In Reducing Violent Crimes In California, Sampson C. Onwuka

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

There have been recurring incidents of gun violence, murder, and mass shootings that have raised public concern on the dangers of guns, and people have demanded government regulation on firearms usage. Studies have attributed these incidents to non-strict laws on guns; however, it was unclear whether firearm restrictions affected California's violent crime reduction. This quasi-experimental, quantitative study was focused on finding out the impact of gun violence restraining orders (GVROs) on violent crime reduction in California. Four research questions addressed the changes in the variables after the establishment of the GVRO. Secondary data from the California Department of Justice were …

Strategies For It Product Managers To Manage Microservice Systems In Enterprises, Walter Zrzavy

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many information technology (IT) product managers have experienced significant challenges in adopting microservice architecture (MSA) systems successfully in their organizations. Inefficiencies resulting from MSA system adoption are of concern to IT product managers as these inefficiencies increase the cost of maintenance and increase the time to deliver software updates to the business. Grounded in the technology-organization-environment theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies used by IT product managers for the domain-driven design and development and operations practices to reduce the inefficiencies during the MSA system adoption. The participants were 18 IT product managers …

Consumer Credit Card Debt And Immigrants: A Cross-Sectional Study Of U.K. Immigrants’ Financial Capability, Paul Wesley Thompson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem addressed in this study is the ubiquitous nature and high level of consumer debt associated with certain demographics; however, research in the context of immigrants in the U.K. are limited. The problem is the lack of information about the association between credit card debt and immigrants, specifically on whether the income gap between U.K. immigrants and British citizens affects the level of consumer debt. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional correlational study is to examine whether there is an association between the income gap that exists between immigrants and British citizens and their respective levels of consumer debt, …

Leadership And Performance Of The Brewery Industry In Nigeria, Abayomi Abimbola Abidakun

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

One of the most pressing concerns for business organizations remains the need to seek leaders who can manage employee effectively and efficiently to improve business performance. Guided by the principles of transformational leadership theory, this correlational study examined the relationship between leadership and non-financial performance at the brewery industry in Nigeria. I relied on primary data collected using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire -MLQ, job satisfaction scale-JSS, three-components commitment scale- JCS and six-item Turnover Intention Scale (TIS-6) to measure leadership, job satisfaction, employee commitment and turnover intention. Four hundred participants who were senior and junior manager at Nigerian Breweries Plc. were …

Cultural Identity As A Predictor Of Weight Loss In U.S. Hispanics, Leon Daniels

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Research on behavioral weight-loss programs has guided the development of health-related, behavior-change interventions that contribute to combating overweight and obesity in the United States, and illnesses that co-occur with unhealthy weight. However, research on behavioral weight-loss programs that focus on the U.S. Hispanic population and cultural identity is largely unrepresented in the current literature. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively examine body mass index (BMI) decreases of U.S. Hispanics while observing their (a) motivation toward exercise, (b) cultural identity, (c) physical activity program type, (d) exercise frequency, and (e) demographic variables as predictors of weight-loss. Guiding this study …

The Efficacy Of Ghana’S Business Interest In The Global Economy, Sandra Mateko Elikplim Dankwa

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) are drivers of economic growth and development worldwide. SMEs in the Greater Accra region of Ghana have not been able to innovate and sustain competition. The problem in this phenomenological study was that leaders of SMEs in this region have not fully understood the contributions of the transformational leadership model to the capacity of organizations to innovate and sustain competitiveness. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the lived experiences of leaders of SMEs in Ghana in leveraging organizational capabilities for innovation and competitiveness. The study’s conceptual framework was grounded in transformational leadership. The …

A Health Care Management Organization's Internal Controls Strategy For Managed Care, Elizabeth E. David

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A lack of effective operational internal controls among health management organization (HMO) leaders could lead to poor operational practices, mismanagement of the government's health care funds, increased health care spending, and a negative impact on patient health outcomes. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative, single case study was to explore successful internal control strategies used by leaders at a southeastern Pennsylvania HMO. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with 5 participants who held positions of director or above within the organization for at least 3 years, had institutional knowledge, and had responsibility for overseeing the organization's …

Improving Rabies Aftercare By Educating Emergency Department Providers Of Care, Gloria Denise Evans

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

According to an evaluation completed by the local health department in the state where the project was conducted, patients were not returning to the emergency department (ED) for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) rabies vaccine as recommended. Educating the ED providers on care, who are usually the first point of contact after an animal bite with possible rabies virus transmission, is critical to improving patients' outcomes secondary to rabies postexposure. The focused for this project is educating ED personnel about rabies PEP administration after rabies virus exposure which will their increase knowledge regarding rabies follow-up care. Lewin's change theory provided the theoretical …

Strategies For Implementing The International Organization For Standardization 15189 For Medical Laboratories, Wilson Mtotela

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Inadequate quality management systems (QMS) in medical laboratories result in errors, which cost the United States healthcare industry approximately $29 billion per year. Healthcare managers who fail to implement the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15189 QMS are at high risk of managing costs. Grounded in Lewin’s 3-step organizational change model and the force field analysis, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies healthcare managers use to design, develop, and implement an ISO 15189 QMS using a mentorship approach. The participants comprised 5 healthcare managers from the United Republic of Tanzania, East Africa, who implemented …

Successful Talent Management Strategies Business Leaders Use To Improve Succession Planning, Louai Damer

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Surveys on organizational training and development expenditures in the United States showed a total spend of $83 billion in 2019; however, 40% of new leaders still fail in the first 18 months. Managers need to devote attention to improve talent development programs since employees who receive talent training in organizations are 75% more likely to succeed in senior positions and future leadership roles. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore successful talent development strategies that support succession planning. The participants were 6 business leaders holding different corporate positions such as managing directors, …

Workforce Agility Strategies For Improving The Success Rate Of Change Initiatives, Marvia Herfah Evangelist-Roach

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Failure to implement change initiatives is a direct result of low employee resilience and adaptability. Successful agility strategies are important to financial business leaders to remain competitive in financial markets. Grounded in the dynamic capabilities theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore workforce agility strategies used by financial business leaders to improve the success rate of change initiatives. The participants were 4 financial business leaders in Jamaica who successfully improved the success rate of change initiatives. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, organizational strategic plans, annual reports, and change management plans. Four themes emerged through …

Leader Readiness In A Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, And Ambiguous Business Environment, Karen Rimita, Stephanie N. Hoon, Robert Levasseur

Journal of Sustainable Social Impact

Organizational leaders in the 21st century face relentless changes in the business environments in which they operate. The diversity, intensity, and rapidity of these changes create volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), which challenge leaders on ways to lead effectively as existing methods prove inadequate. The problem in this study was that of inadequate leader preparedness to lead and win in VUCA environments. The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of 15 Nigerian corporate executives about their VUCA business environment and the strategies they employed for VUCA-readiness and success using open-ended interview questions. The …

Executive Leadership Challenges In Today’S Environment, Herbert J. Degraffe Jr.

Walden Faculty and Staff Publications

Abstract

Individuals in top management positions often have conflicting interpretations concerning the authoritative qualities that align with the intrinsic and external relations of an organization. Although, researchers may still debate about the extent to which athletic development personality factors are important internal components of an individual. The purpose of this correlational study was to determine if athletic development personality factors correlate with decision making at the executive leadership level. The research questions focused on determining if there was a relationship between athletic development personality factors and decision making. Social exchange theory, social representations theory, and leadership theories comprised the theoretical …

Developing An Instrument To Observe And Evaluate Assessment System Maturity, Royce L. Robertson, Martha J. Larkin

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Maturity models fill the need for a measure of overall growth in how outcomes assessment is defined and how feedback informs improvement to meet internal and external expectations at individual institutions of higher education. An exploratory qualitative study was conducted to develop an instrument, the Assessment System Maturity Matrix (ASMM), to observe and evaluate outcomes assessment system maturity. Research procedures included conducting a literature review and comparing business, software, and limited education maturity models; administering self-reported questionnaires to higher education outcomes assessment professionals; and piloting the instrument. Data collection results provided the ideal criteria for the ASMM design and content …

The Role Of Strategic Leadership In The Profitability Of Large Organizations, Bernard Yaw Owusu-Boadi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Large organizations in the United States endure a 30%-50% failure to achieve profitability. Senior executives' lack of strategies to ensure profitability diminish performance and economic growth. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies senior executives use to ensure profitability in large tax preparation organizations. The conceptual framework for this study was the resource-based view theory. The sample consisted of 2 board members and 3 senior leaders from a large tax preparation organization located in the United States. Study site participants had at least 15 years of experience in enhancing organizational profitability and 5 years of …

Customer Engagement Strategies Leaders Use To Sustain Small Businesses, John A. Coy

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The purpose of this single-case study was to explore strategies small business leaders used to engage the next generation of customers to ensure sustainability for longer than 5 years. The study population included senior leaders from a for-profit company headquartered in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Von Bertalanffy's general systems theory (GST) was the conceptual lens used in this study. Data were collected via semistructured interviews with 3 leaders of the organization. Participants for this doctoral study were members occupying leadership roles in a small, family-owned, for-profit business. Member checking was incorporated to help ensure accuracy, consistency, and …

Improving Access To Cancer Care For The Rural Community With Telehealth, Cheryl Ann Fiscelli

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

After a diagnosis of cancer, timely access to oncology care is a priority. For patients living in a rural community, there are many challenges such as proximity to cancer care, reduced access to state-of-the art therapies, lack of coordinated care, and limited access to clinical trials. A multidisciplinary consultation (MDC) via telehealth can improve access to care for rural oncology patients. The purpose of this project was to determine the effects of telehealth MDC on the time in days from diagnosis to the first treatment with the goal of persuading the project site to implement a telehealth MDC. The data …