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Leadership Strategies For Developing And Implementing Organizational Change, Hardy L. Delay Iv
Leadership Strategies For Developing And Implementing Organizational Change, Hardy L. Delay Iv
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Leaders in some narcotics treatment programs struggle with change development and implementation. The objective of this single-case study was to explore strategies used by leaders in a narcotics treatment program to develop and implement organizational change initiatives successfully. Participants included 4 leaders who had developed and implemented successful change initiatives repeatedly for more than 10 years in a narcotics treatment program in the southeastern United States. Bertalanffy's general systems theory was the basis for the conceptual framework. Data collection included semistructured interviews of leaders of a narcotics treatment program and collection of archival data, such as reports relating to strategic …
Small To Medium Enterprise Business Leaders Managing Change, Shahriar Nazari
Small To Medium Enterprise Business Leaders Managing Change, Shahriar Nazari
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Organizational change is necessary for businesses to survive and prosper. One of the main reasons organizational change is unsuccessful is the inadequate leadership style used by business leaders. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore leadership strategies business leaders used to manage change. The target population comprised a purposeful sample of 15 business leaders from various businesses located in the metropolitan area of Southern California. The conceptual framework for this study was the transformational leadership theory, which holds that leaders can use inspiration and motivation to inspire employees, especially during times of organizational change. A pilot study …