Examination of Factors Affecting the Implementation of Organizational Changes

Dobrovič, Ján; Timková, Veronika

doi:10.7441/joc.2017.04.01

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“…(Smollan, 2015; Smollan & Pio, 2018). Technology changes can cause workers to anticipate bigger workloads, a fear of further change and deteriorating work‐place relationships (Smollan, 2016); lack of trust in management capabilities and a misunderstanding of the need for change (Dobrovič & Timková, 2017); fear of degradation and job loss or even being transferred to another position or location (Cheng & McCarthy, 2018).…”

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The impact of employees' resistance to change on implementing e‐government systems: An empirical study in Egypt

Elgohary¹,

Abdelazyz

2020

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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Electronic government (e-government) implementation has played a key role in developing government business processes in order to improve efficiency in data processing, as well as achieving transparency and accuracy. However, although there are benefits of e-government implementation, there is the problem of employees' resistance to change, as people tend to resist any kind of new system. This research was conducted for the purpose of examining the effect of employees' resistance to change including resistance to modern technology, fear of loss of control, feelings of insecurity, fear of inability to implement change, and fear of workload increasing, on implementing an e-government system represented in performance dimensions (efficiency and effectiveness) in Egypt. This paper reflects the lack of research into resistance to change in the specific context of e-government implementation in Egypt. We surveyed 400 respondents in several public organizations in Egypt to investigate the impact of such resistance, in order to determine which behaviors can affect any of the implemented e-government dimensions. The study also determines the differences between employees' responses to implementing the new system depending on variables such as gender, age, educational level, job position, and level of experience. The results reveal that fear of loss of control and fear of workload increasing affect all dependent variables significantly, while feelings of insecurity does not affect efficiency significantly. Resistance to modern technology and a fear of inability to implement change do not have significant effects on the dependent variables.

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The impact of employees' resistance to change on implementing e‐government systems: An empirical study in Egypt

Elgohary¹,

Abdelazyz

2020

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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“…The higher education market currently forming in the field of European higher education, its increasing competition (the most advanced universities and networks, in order to compete with each other, restructure their management and create conditions for the fastest possible transfer of knowledge, technology, scientific inventions and innovations into the economic systems of their countries). Decreasing government funding, internationalization, increasing autonomy, formation of external and internal quality assurance processes, involvement of social partners in the university management processes have caused changes in the way universities operate and partner with other higher education institutions, and have shaped and continue to shape the need for improving the management of universities (Dobrovič & Timková, 2017).…”

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Competitiveness in Higher Education: The Case of University Management

Bilevičiūtė¹,

Drakšas²,

Nevera³

et al. 2019

JOC

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As a response to current global trends in the field of higher education and studies, the attitude has become prevalent in the European Commission and among member states of the European Union (EU) that major reforms are required to help European higher education successfully compete under the conditions of globalization and a knowledge-based economy. Studies focused on student personal success and citizenship education are inseparable from technological advancement and international mobility opportunities, the integration of top international teachers, collaborative studies with students from various countries, as well as other factors that can help prepare open, tolerant, creative and well-prepared graduates. The quality of research and education remains a priority in European higher education. University management must be based on community spirit, the autonomy of academic units, as well as on a results-oriented approach leading toward greater efficiency and financial stability. The aim of the present article is to examine the effects of management innovations in higher education using the case of Mykolas Romeris University, as this learning institution was one of the first in Lithuania to apply the modern study management methods. The research goal is to determine whether or not there is a difference between general higher education trends in Lithuania and the trends observed at MRU. Descriptive statistical methods were applied in the data analysis, with the relations of the data, the indexes as well as speed of change calculated. Strength among links is assessed using the Pearson correlation coefficient. The article analyses the use of modern innovation management methods that have helped the university survive in the difficult conditions of greater competition and reduced state funding.

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“…A persistent ability to adapt to new trends and environments is required of organizations to remain competitive, and yet numerous studies show that the vast majority of change processes do not succeed. Dobrovič and Timková (2017) have included studies of Beer and Nohria (2000) and Decker et al (2012) which suggests that as many as 70–93% of all change processes fail. The prerequisites for NAF to succeed in implementing digitization as part of the transition should have been reasonably satisfactory as the organization has a conscious attitude to technology as an important aid to creating operational capacity.…”

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Lost in Transition: The Dissemination of Digitization and the Challenges of Leading in the Military Educational Organization

Holth

Boe

2019

Front. Psychol.

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Leading change in adult educational organizations is not frequently described in the leadership literature. The education sector in the Norwegian Armed Forces (NAF) is in the middle of an educational reform that requires major changes. More students, fewer teachers and new organization of the studies as well as requirements for an increasingly updated technological expertise may mean that it will be necessary to increase the use of digital teaching aids. However, this is not systematically communicated as part of the reform in the same way as new topics of study. From a teacher’s perspective, the most important thing is to safeguard the quality of the education and ensure that important topics do not disappear in a reform. Therefore, one can well imagine that the focus on the purpose of change and the need for active participation is overlooked or not prioritized. Our focus in the process was largely the study content and some concern about the increase in the number of cadets. After completing the first courses in the new education, we were therefore quite surprised that the cadets were asked in the course evaluation whether digital aids had been used in the teaching, As a result, we were inspired to look more closely at what requirements were set and whether more exact plans had been prepared for the introduction of digitization of education as part of the reform process. Since the education reform in the NAF results in such a fundamental change, our perspectives may possibly benefit staffs at other colleges who are going to carry out major change processes. The main goal of this study was to investigate if or how the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research’s intention of digitization and its specific primary goals of learning and teaching trickle down through the hierarchies and into the study programs at the Norwegian Military Academy (NMA). To see if the Ministry’s intentions were actually understood and realized, as our second aim we investigated whether we found the concepts of digitization or digital tools mentioned in any of the Norwegian Defence University College’s (NDUC) study programs and subject plans for teaching. These intentions cannot be implemented unless they are enshrined in the study programs. As a third aim we also tried to find out whether digitization and digital tools actually had been used in the teaching in the new NAF Basic Officer Education, as this would reflect how the Ministry’s intention of digitization and specific primary goals of learning and teaching had been realized. We used a mixed methods approach in the study as we first investigated documents compiled from the government issued for the university and college sector in Norway, the NAF and the NDUC to see if the overall plan for digitization from the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research could be traced. In addition, we investigated the answers that officer cadets had given to questions in three course evaluations related to the use of digital tools in their education. Our three hypotheses were the following: H...

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Examination of Factors Affecting the Implementation of Organizational Changes

Cited by 23 publications

References 21 publications

The impact of employees' resistance to change on implementing e‐government systems: An empirical study in Egypt

The impact of employees' resistance to change on implementing e‐government systems: An empirical study in Egypt

Competitiveness in Higher Education: The Case of University Management

Lost in Transition: The Dissemination of Digitization and the Challenges of Leading in the Military Educational Organization

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