Five Reasons Most Companies Fail at Strategy Execution
If your organizational culture has these five characteristics, all attempts to implement strategic change will likely be doomed.
Content: Article | Author: Quy N. Huy | Source: “INSEAD Knowledge” | Subjects: Change Management, Management, Organizational Behavior, Strategy
StreamLine: The ABC of a Merger (A) Story of the Merger, (B) Building the New Organization, (C) The Bumpy Road of Transformat
The actual facts are hard to come by. A figure often cited in the press states that roughly two-thirds of all mergers and acquisitions do not pay off. A less pessimistic figure, attributed to Mercer Management Consulting, reveals that of 152 M&As that took place between 1994 and 1999, 70 under-performed while the remaining 82 outperformed. Still, the odds of success are … [ Read more ]
Content: Case Study | Authors: Quy N. Huy, Ramina Samii | Source: “INSEAD” | Subject: Change Management | Company: StreamLine
Emotional Balancing of Organizational Continuity and Radical Change: The Contribution of Middle Managers
Based on a three-year field study of a large firm’s attempt at radical change, Professor Quy Nguyen Huy shows how middle managers displayed two main emotion-management patterns that facilitated beneficial adaptation of change – emotionally committing to change projects and attending to recipients’ emotions. The use of both patters, although seemingly opposite, struck an effective process of emotional balancing and facilitated organizational adaptation. … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Quy N. Huy | Source: “INSEAD Knowledge” | Subject: Change Management