Successful Change Research Articles

Carbon system state determines warming potential of emissions.

Current strategies to hold surface warming below a certain level, e. g., 1.5 or 2°C, advocate limiting total anthropogenic cumulative carbon emissions to ∼0.9 or ∼1.25 Eg C (1018 grams carbon), respectively. These allowable emission budgets are based on a near-linear relationship between cumulative emissions and warming identified in various modeling efforts. The IPCC assesses this near-linear relationship with high confidence in its Summary for Policymakers (§D1.1 and Figure SPM.10). Here we test this proportionality in specially designed simulations with a latest-generation Earth system model (ESM) that includes an interactive carbon cycle with updated terrestrial ecosystem processes, and a suite of CMIP simulations (ZecMIP, ScenarioMIP). We find that atmospheric CO2 concentrations can differ by ∼100 ppmv and surface warming by ∼0.31°C (0.46°C over land) for the same cumulated emissions (≈1.2 Eg C, approximate carbon budget for 2°C target). CO2 concentration and warming per 1 Eg of emitted carbon (Transient Climate Response to Cumulative Carbon Emissions; TCRE) depend not just on total emissions, but also on the timing of emissions, which heretofore have been mainly overlooked. A decomposition of TCRE reveals that oceanic heat uptake is compensating for some, but not all, of the pathway dependence induced by the carbon cycle response. The time dependency clearly arises due to lagged carbon sequestration processes in the oceans and specifically on land, viz., ecological succession, land-cover, and demographic changes, etc., which are still poorly represented in most ESMs. This implies a temporally evolving state of the carbon system, but one which surprisingly apportions carbon into land and ocean sinks in a manner that is independent of the emission pathway. Therefore, even though TCRE differs for different pathways with the same total emissions, it is roughly constant when related to the state of the carbon system, i. e., the amount of carbon stored in surface sinks. While this study does not fundamentally invalidate the established TCRE concept, it does uncover additional uncertainties tied to the carbon system state. Thus, efforts to better understand this state dependency with observations and refined models are needed to accurately project the impact of future emissions.

Examining the Effectiveness of International Climate Agreements in Fostering Global Cooperation and Collective Action Towards Climate Change Mitigation in Nigeria

This paper aims to examine the role of international climate agreements in encouraging cooperative action and facilitating climate-change mitigation efforts in Nigeria. It begins by underscoring the pressing necessity of addressing climate change as one of the most significant challenges confronting humanity in the 21st century. It emphasizes the vital role of international climate agreements in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, promoting sustainable growth, and supporting vulnerable nations in mitigating the consequences of climate change. Given that Nigeria is highly susceptible to the adverse effects of climate change, it is exposed to significant risks to the environment, economy, and socioeconomic development. This paper discusses Nigeria’s commitment to climate change mitigation through its participation in international agreements such as the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. It evaluates Nigeria’s progress in implementing climate change mitigation strategies and collaborative efforts with global partners. Furthermore, the concept of collective action theory is introduced, highlighting its relevance in tackling global challenges such as climate change. Additionally, this paper emphasizes that collective action is essential in addressing climate change, as it entails cooperative efforts among individuals, groups, and countries to achieve common objectives. It delves into how collective action theory provides valuable insights into the efficacy of international climate agreements and the need for international collaboration to develop comprehensive solutions. This paper identifies the factors that influence the success or failure of climate agreements in Nigeria and underscores the importance of in-depth studies to comprehend their impact on international partnerships and collective action. It concludes by discussing the implications of the research findings for future policy and decision-making, to contribute to more effective global climate change mitigation strategies. Climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges faced by humanity in the 21st century. Its impact is far-reaching, affecting ecosystems, economies, and human well-being worldwide. Recognizing the urgency of addressing this global issue, international climate agreements have been established to foster global cooperation and collective action.[1]These agreements aim at mitigating climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, promoting sustainable development, and supporting vulnerable nations in adapting to climate change. In Nigeria, a country highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, it is crucial to examine the effectiveness of international climate agreements in fostering collective action and facilitating climate-change mitigation efforts.[2] Nigeria, located in West Africa, is particularly susceptible to climate-related risks such as rising temperatures, increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, sea-level rise, and desertification.[3]These challenges pose significant threats to the country’s agriculture, water resources, health systems, and overall socioeconomic stability.[4] To reduce the effects of climate change, nations must work together and take coordinated action. International climate agreements are essential for promoting cooperation among nations and for group efforts to mitigate climate change. These agreements provide forums for nations to coordinate efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, prepare for climate change, set goals, and share resources and expertise.[5] Nigeria has acknowledged the significance of taking part in these agreements and implementing sustainable policies to address the climate crisis, given its status as a developing country that is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change.[6] The issue is that there is currently a dearth of in-depth studies that carefully examine how international climate agreements affect international collaboration and group action, particularly in Nigeria.[7]It is imperative for policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders engaged in climate change mitigation initiatives in Nigeria to understand the efficacy of these agreements.[8] This paper offers important insights into boosting the efficacy of international climate agreements in Nigeria and eventually contributing to more successful global climate change mitigation strategies by identifying the strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.

Plication or resection combined with antagonist recession in horizontal strabismus.

Strengthening of extraocular muscles is a conventional procedure in the management of strabismus. Plication may be an alternative strengthening technique, and is less invasive than resection. This study compared plication and resection, each combined with antagonist muscle recession, in terms of success rates and changes in ocular deviation in the management of horizontal strabismus. This retrospective study recruited individuals with horizontal strabismus who underwent plication (group I) or resection (group II) coupled with antagonist muscle recession. All participants underwent a detailed baseline eye and ocular motility evaluation. Demographic and clinical data were collected, including age, sex, type of preoperative strabismus (exotropia or esotropia), baseline visual acuity, mean follow-up duration, laterality of operated eye, surgical doses of correction (resection, plication, or recession) in millimeters, preoperative strabismus magnitude in prism diopters (PD), and postoperative strabismus magnitude in PD. Successful postoperative deviation was defined as ≤10 PD. At final follow-up, the success rates and degrees of change in angle of deviation were recorded. Forty-four patients were enrolled: 19 patients in group I (plication) and 25 patients in group II (resection). The groups had comparable ages, sex ratios, types of strabismus, and preoperative and postoperative angles of deviation (all P > 0.05). Despite comparable success rates between groups (73.7% in group I versus 64.0% in group II, P > 0.05), the difference (9.7%) was marginally close to the predefined clinically meaningful difference of 10%. In the esotropia subgroup, despite comparable alignment between the plication and resection groups (P > 0.05), the difference was clinically meaningful (17.3%), and both groups had higher success rates in the esotropia subtype than in the exotropia subtype. The rate of over- or undercorrection was not statistically or clinically different in the total and in each subtype of strabismus (all P > 0.05). Success rates for unilateral and bilateral cases were similar between groups (both P > 0.05). Changes in angle of deviation were similar for individuals with esotropia and exotropia between groups (both P > 0.05). In esotropic and exotropic strabismus, plication and resection procedures combined with antagonist recession were similarly effective. However, further randomized, large-scale, longitudinal studies with clinical and subjective evaluations could comitant strabismus, squint, esotropias, primary exotropia, exodeviation, plication, resection, recession, amblyopias.

Rejuvenating the ‘R’ of ADKAR: Reigniting Reinforcement for Successful Change Management

Rejuvenating the ‘R’ of ADKAR: Reigniting Reinforcement for Successful Change Management

The Mediating Path of Transformational Leadership: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chinese Context

Organisations that are going through transformative processes need to make sure that they have effective change management and employee engagement. Considering the function that transformational leadership plays as a mediator, this study aims to investigate the connection between employee engagement and the change management process. This research uses a cross-sectional methodology and gathers information from a wide range of people working for various companies. Employee engagement, opinions of the change management process, and transformational leadership are all measured using a standard questionnaire. Statistically, statisticians use tools like mediation analysis and correlational testing to look into the purported links. Findings indicate a strong positive correlation between change management and the variables that inspire employee engagement. The research findings have also demonstrated that transformational leadership is an important mediator between organisational change management and employee engagement. This research suggests that transformational leaders can make employee engagement an even more powerful tool for effective change management. This study shed light on the need to develop transformational leadership skills and encourage employee participation in initiatives to bring about organisational change. Organisations should prioritise strategies that enhance employee engagement, such as communication, competition, environment, management support, innovation, job characteristics, organisational system, organisational structure, reward, and workplace well-being. Moreover, the success of change management activities can be improved by investing in leadership development programmes that aim to create transformational leadership behaviours. An empirical investigation of the function that transformational leadership plays as a mediator in the connection between the process of change management and employee engagement is the contribution that this study makes to the current body of research. Businesses can improve employee engagement and leadership practices during times of transformation if they shed light on this complex interplay and gain a more profound comprehension of the factors that drive successful change implementation.

Managing Organizational Change: The role of Middle Managers’ Stories and Emotional Reflexivity

Previous studies have increasingly emphasised on the important roles of middle managers’ emotions in ensuring successful organisational change implementation. However, earlier research rarely focuses on middle managers’ emotional reflexivity during organisational change. The lack of awareness in practicing emotional reflexivity during change can affect middle managers’ work life quality where they can experience emotional vulnerability, workplace isolation and high sense of inadequacies. Using Communicative constitution of organisations the Montreal School (CCO TMS) as the theoretical underpinning, this research was conducted to study the emotional reflexivity of middle managers in a Malaysian organisation during organisational change. A qualitative methodology using semi-structured in-depth interviews was being carried to study about the targeted phenomenon and thirty middle managers from different departments in a Malaysian manufacturing aerospace component organisation has participated in this study. The analysis of the data generated seven emotional organisational change stories which were anxious, fear, anger, grief, hope, happy and gratitude. Those stories also generated the respondents’ emotional reflexivity dimensions which were self-consciousness, self-control and motivation. This research highlights the importance of listening to middle managers’ stories because it exposes the reasons for their acceptance and resistance towards change initiatives. It also highlights the importance for middle managers to instil emotional reflexivity skills in their work life as it helps them to understand and adapt to their organisation’s change programmes effectively. Lastly, this research also contributes to the enrichment of literature in the areas of CCO TMS theory, emotional reflexivity, organisational stories, as well as organisational change.

Attributes of Successful Educational Change in the Background of Reform Efforts

The aim of the study is to investigate what ideas those involved in the implementationof educational change (teachers, school management, and pedagogical leaders) inSlovakia have about successful curriculum reform, what attributes they assign to it, and whatcharacteristics dominate their ideas. Using the quantitative-qualitative Q-methodology design,five different opinion clusters have been identified, each of which can be interpreted against thebackground of the post-2008 Slovak experience of failed attempts at educational reform.

Assessing the Impact of Post-Conventional Leaders

This article provides a literature review of the state of the art in evaluating the impact of post-conventional stages of development for leaders, focusing on their impact on successful change management, on the integration of environmental concerns and practices, and on stakeholders’ relationships. A synthetic review of the general theory of adult development and of its implications to leadership is provided. Then, the empirical evidence for the impact of post-conventional leaders at work is introduced and discussed. The studies here reviewed suggests that post conventional stages of development can be a strong predictor of leadership performance, in (a) successfully leading organizational change, (b) in driving forward advanced environmentally and socially responsible initiatives, and (c) in creating strong stakeholders’ relationships. Further directions for future research are suggested.

Phacogoniotomy versus phacotrabeculectomy for advanced primary angle-closure glaucoma with cataract: A randomized non-inferiority trial

PurposeTo investigate the effectiveness and safety of phacogoniotomy versus phacotrabeculectomy (PVP) among patients with advanced primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) and cataracts. DesignMulticenter, randomized controlled, non-inferiority trial. MethodsA total of 124 patients (124 eyes) with advanced PACG and cataracts were enrolled, with 65 in the phacogoniotomy group and 59 in the phacotrabeculectomy group. Patients were followed up for 12 months with standardized evaluations. The primary outcome was the reduction in intraocular pressure (IOP) from baseline to 12 months postoperatively, of which a non-inferiority margin of 4 mmHg was evaluated. Secondary outcomes included the cumulative surgical success rate, postoperative complications, and changes in the number of glaucoma medications. ResultsAfter 12 months, phacogoniotomy demonstrated non-inferiority to phacotrabeculectomy in terms of IOP reduction, with mean IOP reductions of − 26.1 mmHg and − 25.7 mmHg (P = 0.383), respectively, from baseline values of around 40 mmHg. Both groups experienced a significant reduction in the mean number of medications used postoperatively (P < 0.001). The cumulative success rate was comparable between the groups (P = 0.890). However, phacogoniotomy had a lower rate of postoperative complications and interventions (12.3% and 4.6%) compared to phacotrabeculectomy (23.7% and 20.3% respectively). The phacogoniotomy group reported shorter surgery time (22.1 ± 6.5 vs. 38.8 ± 11.1 min; P = 0.030) and higher quality of life (EQ-5D-5 L) improvement at 12 months (7.0 ± 11.5 vs. 3.0 ± 12.9, P = 0.010) than the phacotrabeculectomy group. ConclusionsPhacogoniotomy was non-inferior to phacotrabeculectomy in terms of IOP reduction for advanced PACG and cataracts. Additionally, phacogoniotomy provided a shorter surgical time, lower postoperative complication rate, fewer postoperative interventions, and better postoperative quality of life.

Change in Meaning of Hugh Hefner and Playboy: From Horatio Alger to Sexual Predator

Between 1953 and 2023, mass media changed how they cover Hugh Hefner and Playboy magazine. My thesis is that the defining narratives of Hugh Hefner and his famous creation involved five distinct media personas, which were entrepreneur, activist, paradox, tragic figure, and predator. Using key magazine articles as central points of information, I consider how changes in Playboy's success combined with cultural shifts in the structure of feeling, such as fourth-wave feminism and the Me Too movement, to transform the dominant representation of Hugh Hefner from an entrepreneurial Horatio Alger to a salacious predator. Media attention after his death recognizes that Hugh Hefner had a definite but undeniably controversial influence on American life.

EXPERIENCES OF STAFF MEMBERS RELOCATING FROM A NURSING HOME TO AN INNOVATIVE LIVING ARRANGEMENT FOR OLDER ADULTS

Abstract More innovative living arrangements are developed within long-term care, leading to an increase in relocations. Relocating within long-term care is a long pending and intensive undertaking, especially for staff members. The combination of relocating and achieving a successful culture change might be a daunting task for staff members. Given the increase in the number of relocations and the fast development of innovative living arrangements, it is key to expand our knowledge concerning the impact such an undertaking has. The research question is therefore: ‘How is the relocation from a regular to an innovative living arrangement experienced by staff members?’ To answer this research question, 41 semi-structured interviews with staff members of several nursing homes undergoing a relocation were conducted. These nursing homes had to undergo a relocation to an innovative living arrangement. Findings indicate that a relocation process within long-term care is an intensive and stressful undertaking. Staff members often describe the relocation process as ‘stressful’, ‘chaotic’, and ‘intense’. Furthermore, although staff members are mostly positive about the new physical environment, they experience an array of barriers when trying to implement a new way of working. They define two key elements for successfully relocating and implementing a new way of working. First, clear communication and receiving sufficient information throughout the relocation process. Second, proper preparation for implementing a new way of working and coaching on the job. It is evident that relocating to an innovative living arrangement is a large undertaking that requires careful planning.

Success, Survival and Prognostic Factors in Implant Prosthesis: Experimental Study

The primary objective of this study was to detect the success and short-term survival rate of dental implant prosthetic therapy. The valuation of a possible relationship between the general and local clinical conditions of the patients (presence of risk factors and type of dental implant-supported prosthesis) and the satisfaction perceived by the patient, with success and survival of implant devices was investigated. The sample trial consisted of 23 patients, for a total of 50 dental implants supporting a prosthetic therapy. Preliminarily, an analysis of averages and frequencies of the anamnestic data was presented, as numbers and percentages. The implant success rate was calculated by assessing whether the implants fulfilled the success criteria defined by the Pisa Consensus Conference. The ANOVA test was used to check whether there was an association between the success of the implant device, the anamnestic data collected, and the type of prosthesis supported by the implants. Finally, the survival rate was calculated using the Kaplan - Meier method. The 2-year success rate of 50 implants was assessed at 98%. The 2-year survival rate was 97%. Finally, sex, age, compensated diabetes, a smaller and equal number of cigarettes per day (10 per day), the BOP, and the type of titanium dental implants supported by prosthesis, do not determine a change in success and are therefore not adequate parameters to predict the outcome of implant success. Following the results obtained, it is appropriate to continue the research by expanding the clinical observation times in order to obtain more solid scientific and clinical evidence.

Multi-criteria assessment framework for evaluation of Green Deal performance.

The European Green Deal (EGD) is a long-term and important policy to combat climate change. It contains comprehensive regulations that concern the European continent beyond individuals, companies, and cities. Moreover, achieving environmental sustainability depends on the whole world taking responsibility and concrete steps quickly. Although successful and rapid change requires collective effort and high performance across all topics, involving all countries, communities, and sectors, leaving no one behind, since the economic conditions and infrastructures of countries are different, the process of adaptation to green transformation varies. In this study, the multi-criteria decision-making approach has been used to evaluate the performance of the EU member states in terms of many different criteria under the protecting, reducing, and enabling dimensions in an integrated and comprehensive manner. In this context, the data of the EU member states obtained from Eurostat on 3 main and 15 sub-criteria were used, criterion weights were determined by the MEREC method, and then the EGD performances of the countries were revealed by the MAIRCA method. According to the results, "the primary energy consumption" and "freight transport by mode" were selected as the most significant criteria in terms of EGD compliance performance. As a result of the evaluation of the performances of the alternatives, the Netherlands had the best EGD performance which was followed by Sweden while Ireland had the worst ranking and Cyprus was the other underperforming member. Comparative analyses were conducted with the aim of testing the consistency of the proposed methodology.

Photoresponse of large-area atomically thin β-Ga2O3 and GaN materials via liquid metal print synthesized

This study uses liquid gallium metal to synthesize two-dimensional gallium oxide and gallium nitride ultra-thin layers. Addressing the challenges of conventional methods, this approach combines liquid metal properties with Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) transfer printing, resulting in large-area, highly clean, and low-residue amorphous Ga-based wide bandgap semiconductors. Transformation of amorphous Ga2O3 into crystallized β-Ga2O3 and GaN is achieved through annealing and ammoniation. Comprehensive characterizations confirm successful changes. Photodetector devices are fabricated and characterized, revealing Ga2O3 photosensitive nature with distinct performance metrics. GaN, while exhibiting lower photoresponse, displays rapid photocurrent recovery, making it promising for photodetector applications. This research offers a scalable method for two-dimensional gallium-group semiconductor synthesis, holding potential for diverse optoelectronic applications.

Assessment of vegetation cover when analyzing the carbon budget in agricultural landscapes of Karelia

The article presents the results of studying the species composition of perennial grasses and the bioproductivity of long-term phytocenoses in Karelia for the subsequent assessment of carbon pools. On the typical peat agrozeme, during the 30-year succession, there was a restructuring of the vegetation cover of hayfields with the predominance of large-grass communities at present. Based on the results of geobotanical descriptions, dominant species were identified that correspond to the conditions of excessive moisture, high trophic soils and make the main contribution to the formation of productivity of perennial herbaceous vegetation. The economically valuable harvest of dry phytomass of grass-mixed herbage amounted to 10.16 t/ha and significantly exceeded similar indicators of 5.46 - 6.79 t/ha of mixed phytocenoses. The reserves of aboveground phytomass ranged from 12.06 to 17.94 t/ha and exceeded the underground reserves by 2.1 - 3.1 times. The assessment of vegetation cover on transformed agrophytocenoses gives an idea of carbon reserves during the successional change of perennial herbaceous plants.

Ecological dynamic regimes: A key concept for assessing ecological resilience

The increasing incidence of extreme events combined with long-term pressures due to climate change and anthropogenic activities are seriously threatening ecosystems worldwide. Promoting ecological resilience (i.e., the ability of ecosystems to absorb changes and maintain their processes and functioning) is a pivotal target for biological conservation. Many empirical approaches to assess resilience have relied on the underlying assumption that, in the absence of disturbances, ecosystems would be in a ‘static’ baseline state. In reality, ecological systems are highly dynamic and undergo phases of development and reorganization resulting from natural successional changes and their response to multiple interacting variables. As such, ecosystem states can be better described by ‘dynamic regimes’ rather than stationary states. In this context, there is an urgent need to expand the common ‘equilibrium-based’ approaches used in empirical ecology to evaluate resilience so that they can be applied to non-static ecosystems. Here, we present our perspective on the relevance of approaches based on dynamic regimes to assess ecological resilience empirically. More specifically, we briefly review the concept of resilience and discuss the main challenges for empirical applications. Then, we review an approach based on ecological dynamic regimes and temporal trajectories that can be used to assess the ecological resilience of non-static ecosystems from empirical data. Approaches focused on dynamic regimes help evaluate the management effort necessary to restore a disturbed ecosystem. Besides, they facilitate the identification of the factors that must receive special attention for enhancing ecosystem resilience.

RESEARCH ON READINESS FOR BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS FROM UZBEKISTAN FOR COOPERATION WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES DURING THE FORMATION OF LOCAL ECONOMIC POLICY

Changes are taking place in Uzbekistan, which are characteristic of countries in transition from a centralized to a market economy. The country is entering a new era of development, which has an impact on the overall economic picture. After the presidential elections in 2016, a policy of reform and openness began to be implemented in Uzbekistan, which has a great impact on the political situation in the entire Central Asian region. According to many observers, the scale of political changes is unprecedented in the development of Central Asian countries since their independence. Unlike Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, reforms in Uzbekistan were not carried out under external pressure, but were voluntary and spontaneous with strong internal motivation. Due to the fact that the country realized that the centralized development model was unable to respond effectively to numerous internal and external challenges, it began to accelerate internal reforms, making successive changes to adapt to new realities. The positions of Uzbekistan in the international rating rankings are improving.Despite the successes achieved, the country’s highly centralized governance model does not allow local communities to be effectively involved in the planning and implementation of local policies for economic development. They are not active enough in identifying their infrastructure needs, in preparing community development plans, in implementing projects to modernize or build drinking water, gas and electricity systems, roads, schools and other basic infrastructure and public services. Underestimating the role of local communities in influencing the economic development of their regions is a restraining factor for economic development. Conversely, realizing the role of business organizations in shaping regional policy for local economic development is a great potential that has not yet been fully exploited.To prove this thesis, the authors conducted a survey of the attitude of business organizations in Uzbekistan to cooperation with local authorities. The results show that business representatives do not particularly rely on local authorities to stimulate the economic development of their cities and regions and, for this reason, do not show a particular desire to cooperate with them. This is a challenge, the overcoming of which can give the country a new impetus in terms of the economic development of the regions and settlements.

Why can't we improve turnover time? A systematic review.

Despite substantial efforts to reduce operating room (OR) turnover time (TOT), delays remain a frustration to physicians, staff, and hospital leadership. These efforts have employed many systems and human factor-based approaches with variable results. A deeper dive into methodologies and their applicability could lead to successful and sustained change. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review to evaluate relevant research focused on improving OR TOT and clearly defining measures of successful intervention. A systematic review of OR TOT interventions implemented between 1980 through October 2022 was performed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology. Research databases included: 1) PubMed; 2) Web of Science; and 3) OVID Medline. A total of 38 articles were appropriate for analysis. Most employed a pre/post intervention approach (29, 76.3%), the remaining utilized a control/intervention approach. Nine intervention methods were identified: the majority included a process redesign bundle (24, 63%), followed by overlapping induction, dedicated unit/team/space feedback, financial incentives, team training, education, practice guidelines, and redefinition of roles/responsibilities. Studies were further categorized into one of two groups: (1) those that utilized predetermined interventions based on anecdotal experience or prior literature (18, 47.4%) and (2) those that conducted a prospective analysis on baseline data to inform intervention development (20, 52.6%). There are significant variability in the methodologies utilized to improve OR TOT; however, the most effective solutions involved process redesign bundles developed from a prospective investigation of the clinical work-system.

Role of Change Management in Organizational Growth: A Case Study of CTG Global (Afghanistan)

The significance of Change Management in Organizational Growth cannot be overstated. In today's business landscape, enterprises that resist change are at risk of obsolescence. Therefore, the ability to swiftly identify and execute necessary changes hinges on well-crafted change strategies, efficient processes, effective communication tools, and information sharing. These components play a pivotal role in achieving organizational goals and objectives. Change management offers several benefits, including increased production, enhanced employee motivation, job security, improved performance, and a serious consideration of organizational growth and expansion.&#x0D; This study was conducted at Committed To Good (CTG Global) in Afghanistan, employing a survey-based approach. Self-administered questionnaires and interviews were used to collect employee opinions on the implementation of change management and its perceived success. A total of 51 employees participated in the surveys. The findings indicated that employees were generally content with their involvement in the change implementation process, the provision of necessary training, management's support and sponsorship, coalition building, and commitment to change. However, there remains room for improvement in system, process, and organizational strategies to further enhance the success of the change implementation. Some aspects of the current system are limiting its effectiveness, and certain essential elements for successful change implementation are still missing.

The effects of idealised influence on the dimensions of employee resistance to change at the automobile dealerships in the eThekwini region of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

The effects of idealised influence as one of the four components of transformational leadership serve as a critical dimension of leadership style. Others include inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and gaining the admiration, trust, and respect of the followers. However, this study focuses on the context of employee resistance to change and its varying dimensions about the role idealised influence plays as a mediator in mitigating resistance to change and facilitating a successful change implementation at selected automobile dealerships in eThekwini Region of KwaZulu-Natal. Idealised influence refers to the leader’s ability to act as role model and gain the admiration of employees and by so doing, positively influence employee’s resistance to change. The study examines the effects of idealised influence on employee resistance to change at the automobile dealership organisations in the eThekwini Region of KwaZulu-Natal. The study investigates the mediating role of idealised influence on employee resistance to change at the automobile dealership organisations in the eThekwini Region of KwaZulu-Natal. Assessment was based on the effect of this leadership style component and its impact on employees’ willingness to accept or resist changes introduced at the selected organisations. Of the 270 staff members identified for participation, 196 questionnaires were returned and analysed using the convergent data analysis as well as the Structural Equation Model (SEM). The study revealed that the idealised influence is positively associated with the staff quick acceptance of change. The study improves the existing framework with regards to understanding how leaders with idealised influence can facilitate change management acceptance of employees by embracing and inculcating the essence of idealised influence. The results can help managers and change management interventionists formulate human resource development to improve change management planning programmmes.