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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 …
The Relationship Between Athletic Development Personality Factors And Decision Making, Herbert Degraffe
The Relationship Between Athletic Development Personality Factors And Decision Making, Herbert Degraffe
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Ineffective leadership that results from personality defects, ineffective core executive functions, and emotional decision making can lead to destructive actions and executive failures that affect organizational effectiveness. 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 framework. Participants included 124 executive decision-makers from the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, India, and Singapore who …
Exploring The Impact Of Collective Bargaining Agreements On Employee Performance Management, Nana Gyesie
Exploring The Impact Of Collective Bargaining Agreements On Employee Performance Management, Nana Gyesie
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
As of 2014, union density in the United States had dropped compared to union density during the 1950s. Collective bargaining agreements are the foundational agreement for all issues related to salary, benefits, and working conditions. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore how collective bargaining agreements hindered or enabled managers from creating and sustaining high performance work practices. The conceptual framework included Walton and McKersie's work on behavioral theories for labor negotiations, human capital, and collective bargaining, and Huselid's work on high performance work practices. Fifteen respondents across 5 labor unions in Washington DC were selected through …