Change management is the process of implementing changes to a system or organization in a controlled manner, frequently in conjunction with strategic planning, organizational redesign, and operational improvements. RAND has conducted research on organizational innovation and change management, and our researchers include experts in change management strategies with a particular focus on corporate, health care, and military settings.
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The Army must transform its institutional activities to align them with operating forces to improve support and release resources from institutional activities. This document provides a model for evaluating value chains to promote the alignment of needs and resources according to three representational institutional Army activities: medical services, enlisted accessioning, and short-term acquisition.
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This report summarizes the findings of a study of innovation within six public and private organizations. The study had several purposes: (1) describe and analyze the characteristics of selected innovative organizations, (2) describe and analyze the elements of change management that helped the selected organizations become more innovative; and (3) use the findings from the cases to suggest options for innovation within the U.S.…
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Focuses on a key element of the Velocity Management story: the Define-Measure-Improve methodology that has propelled the Army's successful change.
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This document surveys RAND research on organizational innovation and performance as of 1997. Its categories include strategic planning, organizational redesign, operational performance improvement, and change management and organizational learning.
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Because the 1970s will see accelerated changes from technology toward humanism, management systems will also change. We must learn to deal with more complex social values; work in an increasingly political environment; and deal with organizational i...
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Senior Consultant; Vice-President (retired)
Ph.D. in city and regional planning, University of California, Berkeley
PEOPLE
Management Scientist
Ed.D. in adult & continuing education, Rutgers University; Ph.D. in organization and management, Capella University; M.S. in administration, Central Michigan University; B.A. in economics, Rutgers University; B.A. in Spanish, Rutgers University
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Senior Analyst
Ph.D., Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
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