Hasil untuk "Organizational behaviour, change and effectiveness. Corporate culture"

Mahdi Alizadeh, masoud shariati, mohammad payab

The thriving phenomenon as a new structure in behavior has been noticed by many researchers. One of the most important issues involved in the success of the organization is the thriving of the employees. Considering the diversity and variability of the concept of thriving in the organization, this research seeks to understand and interpret the phenomenon of thriving with a phenomenological approach. In this research, interpretative research philosophy, inductive research approach, and phenomenological research strategy have been chosen. The data collection method is field and semi-structured interview tool. For this purpose, from the research community that included the employees of Karaj municipality, which was sampled by maximum diversity method, 20 people were interviewed. The findings of the research show that seven methods of experiencing thriving in the organization include: responsibility, being effective, being interested, being strong-willed, being multi-skilled, being empathetic and professional ethics. Based on the findings of the research, the descriptive classes are placed in three classes: individual capacity (being interested, willing and multi-skilled), group capacity (being empathetic and effective) and organizational capacity (responsibility and professional ethics), which shows There is a structural and hierarchical difference in addition to their semantic difference.

Anne Harju, Johanne Ilje-Lien, Ditte Tofteng

Dette nummer af Forskning og Forandring sætter fokus på kreative forskningsprocesser og undersøger, hvordan æstetik, kunst, leg og fantasi kan berige og udfordre den videnskabelige praksis. Med udgangspunkt i et åbent call har vi modtaget en række spændende artikler, der på forskellig vis belyser kreativitetens rolle i forskning – fra metodiske greb og analytiske perspektiver til teoretiske refleksioner. Bidragene viser, hvordan kunstneriske og legende tilgange kan åbne nye veje for viden, forandring og udvikling i både praksis og teori.

O. Murphy, M. Franklin

Janne Solberg

Å ha et fagspråk er av stor betydning for barnehagelæreryrkets selvforståelse og status som profesjon. Hva kjennetegner barnehagelærerens profesjonsspråk i foreldresamtalen, og hvordan kan samtaleanalytisk forskning bidra til større nyanser i debatten om profesjonsspråkets faglighet? Datamaterialet, som består av transkriberte lydopptak av ti foreldresamtaler, er analysert ved hjelp av etnometodologisk samtaleanalyse. I artikkelen argumenteres det for å undersøke profesjonsspråket i bruk, hvor teoretisk kunnskap og praktisk kunnskap antas å være integrert, framfor den vanlige forståelsen av profesjonsspråk forstått som fagterminologi. Analysen av foreldresamtaler demonstrerer hvordan språklige handlinger, i samkvem med institusjonelle rutiner, bidrar til å etablere vertikale rammer i møtene. Barnehagelærerens profesjonelle autoritet konstitueres ved at barnehagelæreren posisjonerer seg som berettiget til å styre agendaen og samtaleaktivitetene i møtet (deontisk autoritet), og ikke minst beskrive/vurdere barnet, så vel som foreldrenes bidrag i samtalen (epistemisk autoritet). Disse handlingene utføres i stor grad gjennom et hverdagsspråk, men det finnes også spor av mer akademisk faglighet i form av fagterminologi og referanser til forskning. På den ene siden kan det være ønskelig å intensivere ekspertrollen ved å styrke fagligheten i møtene. På den andre siden kan en slik profesjonaliseringsstrategi bidra til å utfordre det såkalte partnerskapsidealet som allerede er under press i foreldresamtalene.  ENGLISH ABSTRACT Professional language in parent–teacher conferences in the early childhood education and care: Academic enough for whom? A professional language is crucial for kindergarten teachers’ professional identity and status as a profession. What characterizes kindergarten teacher’s professional language in parent–teacher conferences, and how can conversation analytic research contribute to a more nuanced debate regarding degree of academic knowledge? The data material consists of 10 audio-recorded parent–teacher conferences, and the study is inspired by the ethnomethodological tradition, institutional talk. The article argues for grounding professional language in verbal actions strengthening the kindergarten teacher’s authority (deontic and epistemic), rather than academic vocabulary per se. The analysis shows that vertical frames and institutional routines organize the parent-teacher conference, where the kindergarten teacher constitutes herself as entitled to regulate talk and describe and evaluate the child as well as the parents’ talk. Mostly, this is accomplished through everyday language, but there are signs of academic knowledge too, in terms of vocabulary and reference to research. While it might be desirable to intensify the expert role through more use of expert knowledge, this strategy is at the same time likely to threaten the so-called partnership ideal, already under pressure. 

Олександр Петрович Крупський, Юлія Стасюк

Today's realities require medical institutions to take more careful account of intangible factors that make up an irreplaceable component of cultural characteristics. Changes in the socio-economic conditions of economic activity have led to increased attention of the management of medical institutions to the need to form a corporate style that will provide additional competitive advantages. The purpose of the study is to identify the functions and elements of the corporate style of a medical institution and its subdivisions, to find out its impact on the collective consciousness and behavior of consumers of medical services and to establish requirements for its development. The methodological basis of the study is modern research on the formation of corporate style and its impact on the reputation and successful development of organizations. The main hypothesis of the study is the assumption that corporate style influences the level of recognition and authority of a medical institution. Summary of the main research material. It is proved that an authentic, working corporate style for a modern medical institution is a necessary element of its organizational culture. It is determined that the corporate style contributes to creating a positive image of a medical institution in the eyes of consumers; allows distinguishing a medical institution from other medical institutions with a similar range of services; strengthens the organizational spirit of medical staff; increases the effectiveness of advertising; and creates a favorable image of a medical institution. The originality and practical significance of the study lies in the fact that a comparative analysis of the elements of corporate style of city clinical hospitals in Dnipro, which are clearly implemented on the official pages on the Internet, was carried out. Conclusions and prospects for further research. The conducted research has made it possible to state that the considered medical institutions of the city of Dnipro do not pay the necessary attention to the formation of their own corporate style. Sporadic initiatives and events create the appearance of the existence of a corporate style of a medical institution, but do not ensure the existence of such a corporate style that would work to increase the recognition and authority of a medical institution

Samane Radfar, Majid reza Moghanipour, Babak Shamshiri

Introduction Regardless of their titles or designations, games and dances have always been an integral part of the culture of Iranian ethnicities, and while preserving their original form and content to some extent, many of them have persisted as paykubi (the Persian word for dance), dhikr, and Sama. Such dances are known as listeks (games) among Kurmanjis in northern Khorasan. For the Kurds of Khorasan, in addition to being a ritual physical exercise, dance is a type of collective game. The main structure and theme of such games are political and social events, passionate epics, historical events, and enchanting emotional fables. Ritual dance and games are one of the most prominent features of the Kurmanji community’s identity in Khorasan, which is in serious danger of being forgotten due to various political and cultural reasons, its declining role in people's lives, and the fact that their performance has been limited to domestic and foreign festivals. Therefore, given the oral transmission of this culture and despite the linguistic and cultural gap between the young and old generations, it is essential to carry out studies to preserve such dramatic rituals.  Methodology The descriptive-analytical study was an attempt to present the structure of form and content of some dramatic rituals of the Kurmanjis in northern Khorasan, Iran. To analyze their formal structure, the rituals were observed thoroughly, described and categorized, and their different stages of their movements were recorded through photographing, filming, and illustrating them as graphics. In order to analyze the symbolic content of these dances based on the Kurmanji cultural background, Kurmanji music, drama, and folklore scholars and researchers were interviewed as the target population. The interviews were conducted using in-depth and unstructured methods.   Discussion Qarsa games are one of the oldest Kurmanji group or hand-hold dances. Clapping or qarsaing is one of the main characteristics of this type of dance that creates a sense of cheerfulness and vivacity. Qarsa denotes "clapping", derived from the ancient Persian Dari term "Qarsak" (striking the palms of one's hands together repeatedly). These games, which mostly involve moving the hands and upper part of the body and are considered a type of exercise, start with slow movements (one qarsa) and proceed to fast and uninterrupted jumping, bouncing, and rotating movements or "twelve qarsas". At the end of the game, the players move their legs up and forward swiftly while half-raised. The alternation used to create balance at this stage is so exhilarating that it is referred to as the ancient word "shelang andaz" suggesting buoyancy and cheerfulness and its music is also called "shelangi" (Javid, 2015, p. 115). Each qarsa is one clap; clapping indeed implies that the palms move to strike each other, but barely touch and do not make the clapping sound. In general, more common today among the Kurmanjis of Khorasan are games of one, two, three, six, and twelve qarsas. It should be noted that the manner and order of movements in these games slightly vary in different regions (personal interview, Kashmiri, December 30, 2017). This study presented and analyzed "one-qarsa", "two-qarsa" and "six-qarsa" listeks (Kurdish dance). In order to analyze the formal structure of Kurmanji listeks, in addition to observing the performances thoroughly and making videos and taking photographs, using Adobe Illustrator, the general structure of listek dancers' movements and postures were drawn in a graphic plan. First, the general form of the dances and rotations around the circle, as well as the dancers' rotations around the dance circle and also around themselves were recorded in an overhead shot, and then the specific movements and postures performed in each game, including hand and leg movements, were illustrated. Just as the human speech system is a communication tool originating from the existing system in social and cultural structures and organizations, dancing also has its own unique conventional language, which designates elements within the socio-cultural networks of a society. In other words, ritual dance is an arena in which the individual and collective desires, aspirations, and goals are expressed at their highest and most refined levels. The narrative language of ritual dances reflects events from various parts of life (marriage, war, birth, mourning, etc.) that cannot be expressed in words, rather in the conventional signs and symbols associated with such events. This rich and strong symbolism inherent in folk dances necessitates the deciphering of symbols and signs for its interpreters. To understand such a symbolic language, decipher, and make sense of it, it is necessary to obtain a reasonable grasp of the cultural context of a particular folk. Thus, the concepts incorporated in the dance's purpose are achieved through the symbolic language of the dance, that is, the process that goes from perception to knowledge and creates an understanding of a different type of life (different style) in the audience (Fakuhi, 2016, p. 132). In order to approach the symbolic content of the qarsa games, this study first separated the general form of the dances and their specific movements. Then the relationship between forms and movements with the cultural identity and social system of the Kurmanji people was discovered. Data was collected through interviews with researchers and experts in Kurmanji music and folklore, who have published credible studies in this field. Other sources included documented literature that had analyzed the ritual dances of different ethnicities in Iran. Then, from the obtained information, common points and features expressed by the participants in the analysis of dances were obtained as the following six points:  Circular and rotational movements; Counterclockwise movements; Snapping fingers; Qarsas and claps; Special feet movements; Special head movements.   Conclusion This study investigated the form and symbolic content of listeks (Kurdish dance) of the Kurmanjis of northern Khorasan. In the first part of the research aiming to analyze the formal structure of actions and movements in the dances, the steps in each performance were described and then graphical presentation or so-called "note-taking" was carried out for each dance in Adobe Illustrator. The general structure of the actions was drawn as overhead shots, and movements and rotations of each dancer were drawn separately. In the second part aiming to analyze the listeks' symbolic content of the actions and movements, and building on data obtained through interviews with researchers and scholars in this field and the experiences of listek dancers in each region, the commonalities of the contents were obtained in six categories. It is also worth mentioning that in conducting this part of the research, many commonalities were found between the ritual dances of different Iranian ethnicities, particularly between the Bakhtiari nomads and the Kurmanjis. Multiple circular or chain-like dances among the Kurmanjis of northern Khorasan start from "one qarsa" with slow and gentle movements and rhythms, and proceed to anaraky or hand warm-up, and then lead to "two qarsas", "larilari" or "three qarsas”, "six qarsas", and "twelve qarsas", in which the movements of the feet and sitting and standing are done entirely for sports and martial purposes. According to the findings, listek is a combination of Kurmanjis' bravery and border guardianship and is rooted in the combat rituals of the people because warfare and combat are an integral part of the cultural identity of the Kurmanjis living in northern Khorasan. Over time, due to their forced migration from their original homeland to the northeastern borders, their religious dance of thanksgiving and praise have given way to multiple dances, all featuring combat actions, movements, and jumps aimed at increasing physical strength.

Vigdis Foss

Når politikk og styringsformer overfor barnehagesektoren har utgangspunkt i barn som humankapital for nasjonens framtidige konkurranseevne, arbeidsmarked og velferd, utfordres profesjonen og lærerutdannerne moralsk og epistemologisk. Med teoretiske konsepter fra Janet Roitman og Giorgio Agamben som kritisk ressurs, beskriver denne studien sentrale trekk ved maktarrangementer som skaper forutsetninger for og er virksomme i reformer. Et materiale fra fokusgruppeintervjuer med lærerutdannere danner grunnlaget for en undersøkelse av lærerutdanneres resepsjon av en reform samt deres erfaringer med nye maktarrangementer i implementeringen av barnehagelærerutdanningsreformen i Norge, lansert i 2013 (BLU-reformen).

Brit Bolken Ballangrud, Sigrun Wessel Svenkerud, Irmelin Drake et al.

I akademia har det vært tradisjon for å assosiere karriere og avansement med personlig talent og særlige kompetanser, og noe som gjerne har blitt forstått som den enkeltes ansvar. Karriereutvikling i Norge blir imidlertid, i stadig større grad, definert som et ansvar for universitetet som organisasjon, og noe som alle bør delta i. Siden kvinner utgjør 31 % (DBH, 2019) av professorer og dosenter, er organiserte kvinnenettverk et av de tiltak som blir brukt for å bidra til karriereutvikling. I denne artikkelen viser vi hva kvinnelige førsteamanuensiser og førstelektorer som deltok i et slikt nettverk selv la vekt på som betydningsfulle sider ved nettverksdeltakelsen, og hvordan det bidro til deres karriereutvikling. Vi analyserer refleksjonslogger som kvinnene skrev mens de deltok i et karrierenettverk. Resultatene viser at deltakelsen rommet både sosial og faglig støtte, noe som bidro til et stort engasjement og bevissthet om egne strategiske valg. Det går imidlertid også fram at støtte fra kvinnenes ledere ble opplevd som en viktig premiss i karriereutvikling. Ut fra ulike teoretiske perspektiver diskuterer vi hvordan meningsskaping blant kvinner i karrierenettverk har betydning for den enkelte, men vi tydeliggjør også spenninger mellom det individuelle ansvaret og organisasjonens ansvar for karriereutvikling.

Климов Иван Александрович, Климова Светлана Гавриловна

Z. R. Karbetova, A. A. Zhakupov, Sh. R. Karbetova et al.

This article shows relationship of corporate culture influence on organization efficiency and relevance of this topic, which is of great interest due to lack of development of this issue. The study of corporate culture of organization is due to qualitative changes in approaches regarding the influence of corporate culture on organization effectiveness. Organization efficiency requires that its culture, strategy, environment and technology are interconnected and aligned with each other. There are two ways that corporate culture can influence the life of an organization. Firstly, culture and behavior mutually influence each other. Secondly, culture affects not so much what people do, but how they do it. In process of formation and implementation of corporate culture, in our opinion, factors such as leader’s culture and national culture, organization’s mission, industry, external environment, structure and size of organization, etc. should be taken into account. The ability to solve goals and objectives set for corporate culture determines its effectiveness. In the study, authors revealed theoretical foundations of formation of corporate culture and its content, examined methods of studying corporate culture of organization and identified best methods for developing corporate culture of foreign countries. As a result of analysis and sociological research to improve corporate culture of BadysSidi Company LLP, authors developed recommendations for further development. Corporate culture requires ability to manage it in order to make changes effective. Effective management requires availability of appropriate management tools and real assessment of state and level of development of corporate culture.

Züleyha Sayın, Nihat Erdogmus

This study aims to examine the process of regaining organizational legitimacy by increasing performance through restructuring in non-profit organizations. In the study, the Turkish Red Crescent is taken as a characteristic case in terms of its position, influence on public opinion, size, and history. Using case study design in qualitative method, the restructuring process of the Turkish Red Crescent in the 2000s to overcome the performance-based legitimacy problem experienced in the late 1990s was studied. Findings descriptively present the regaining legitimacy of the Turkish Red Crescent as a result of performance increase through planned change in organizational structure, service infrastructure, financial resources, and human resources.

P. Drucker

Vigdis Foss, Hege Fimreite, Ingrid Fossøy et al.

Denne artikkelen bygger på analyser av metaforbruk når leiarar og lærarutdannarar i barnehagelærarutdanning fortel om iverksetting av ei reform, og i særleg grad pedagogikkfaget si rolle i denne samanhengen. Barnehagelærarutdanningsreforma vart sett i verk i 2013, og materialet er samla inn på seks utdanningsinstitusjonar i Noreg i 2015. I artikkelen gjer vi greie for teori om metaforar og reformer som kan kaste lys på korleis ein kan forstå metaforane lærarutdannarar og leiarar i barnehagelærarutdanninga brukar når dei skildrar prosessen med å sette reforma i verk. Artikkelen rettar også merksemd mot reform som verktøy for å realisere politikk og skape endring i samfunnet. Deltakarane uttrykker seg metaforisk om eit reformarbeid dei finn krevjande. Dei uttrykker tap med omsyn til pedagogikkfaget; tidlegare var faget «ein stamme» i utdanninga, no er det «ein satellitt». Både deltakarane og forskrifta ber med seg ei felles kulturell forståing av utdanning og kunnskapsdeling som vanskeleg kan foreinast med nye krav og visjonar for utdanninga. Dersom barnehagelærarutdanninga skal vere innovatør i utdanningssystemet, krev det meir enn ei ny forskrift. Leiarar kan finne mykje nytte av å vere merksame på metaforbruk i endringsprosessar.

Abbas Ali Rastegar, Behnam Golshahi

This study aimed to identify the challenges of relationship between individuals and organization in knowledge based companies and to provide useful strategies in order to eliminate job obstacles of knowledge workers. It is done by an analytical case and qualitative approach and thematic analyses. The statistical population includes active managers in companies placed in Tehran technology and science parks. Date gathering were based on a semi structured interview with 10 persons of expert managers by purposive sampling. The results of thematic analyze showed that there are three challenges including individuals, structural and cultural in the relationship between individuals and organization. So in this manner it should be review the policies of relationship setting among individuals and organization. Also it should be designed  jobs which are align with knowledge-economy such as  professional industrial jobs including; project management, jobs derived from new technology like Nano and biology science, professional service jobs facilitating interaction as advocacy, counselor and  jobs absorbed from foreign companies.

V. Kovaleva, Mikhail G. Rusetskiy, O. A. Okorokova et al.

The article reveals the essence of the notion "controlling" and investigates historical stages in the development of controlling. The characteristic features of each stage of evolution and their interrelation are presented and the effectiveness of controlling toolkit in improving the system of organizational-economic management is justified. The main provisions regarding controlling models are revealed and generalized; scientific schools of controlling and their differences are defined and major subsystems of controlling are presented. The main aspects reflecting the essence of the notion "culture" are studied; the role of culture in modern society and in the system of organizational-economic management is determined. Main definitions of the notion "culture", which are most appropriate for characterizing the subsystem of operational controlling, are analyzed. The key aspects of organizational culture characterizing operational controlling as a controlling subsystem are identified; internal and external factors that affect the formation of organizational culture and its changes are defined. Specific features of national culture and their influence on corporate culture of an economic entity are disclosed; characteristics of corporate culture that are taken into account in the process of preparing management decisions are reflected. The development prospects of organizational culture that are based on modern controlling conceptions are considered contributing to further improvement of economic entity’s organizational-economic management and to increasing effectiveness in management decisions.

I. Alain, D. Mulyungi

Abbey B. Levenshus, Laura L. Lemon

Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Farida Faisal, Faiza Gulshion

The aim of this study is to check the impact of cost leadership strategy and financial management control system on organizational financial performance in Pakistani service sector. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Respondents were the finance managers of banking, insurance, and investment sectors companies listed with Karachi Stock Exchange. SPSS and AMOS were used to test the model. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was applied to check the validity of the instrument. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the analysis of data. The results show that there is significant and positive impact of cost leadership strategy and financial management control system on organizational financial performance. It is recommended that cost leadership strategy and financial management control system should be aligned on the long-term basis.

Paola Andrea Arango Jaramillo , Alejandro Sanín Posada

En esta investigación se examina, si la existencia, calidad y cobertura de las prácticas de gestión humana (PGH) puede influir en la motivación, generando un cambio en el perfil motivacional de las personas. Se trabajó con 45 trabajadores de una empresa mediana del sector transporte de la ciudad de Medellín. Se compararon los perfiles motivacionales de la misma población en dos momentos: inicialmente en el proceso de selección de personal y posteriormente, al realizarse una segunda aplicación durante el transcurso de este estudio. Como resultado, se estableció que no hay diferencias significativas en tales perfiles. Luego se analizó la percepción de las PGH, con el fin de identificar por qué no se generan cambios en el perfil motivacional. A pesar de que estas prácticas pueden tener influencia en las condiciones motivacionales internas y externas, y los medios preferidos para obtener retribuciones deseadas en el trabajo, se estableció que no hubo cambios en el perfil motivacional debido a la poca existencia, calidad y cobertura de las PGH que actualmente se llevan a cabo en la organización.