Lecture #2. Organisational transformation in practice.

The perspectives of top management, hands-on practitioners, and the people in the middle.

Lecture slides are here.

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Video of Part 1: Exercise 1 Reflections & “Transforming a company culture, outside perspective.”

Video of Part 2: “Transforming a company culture, top management perspective.”

Additional Readings

· Six Foundation Stones for Cultural Transformation: https://www.bearingpoint.com/en-fi/blog/six-foundation-stones-for-cultural-transformation/

· Gothelf, J. (2014, November 14). Bring agile to the whole organization. Harvard Business Review.

· Gurbaxani, V. & Dunkle, D. (2019) Gearing Up For Successful Digital Transformation. MIS Quarterly Executive. Sep 2019, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p209–220.

· Bate, P., Khan, R., & Pye, A. (2000). Towards a culturally sensitive approach to organization structuring: Where organization design meets organization development. Organization Science, 11(2), 197–211.

· Kotter, J.P., 1995. Leading change: Why transformation efforts fail. Harvard Business Review, 05/1995.

· Hiatt, J., 2006. ADKAR: a model for change in business, government, and our community. Prosci.

…And everything is already here as a handbook: https://change.informaatioverkostot.fi/

Master’s Theses

· Leskinen, S. (2020). Challenges Faced by Startups Preparing for Growth — an Ethnographic Approach. Aalto University.

· Pesonen, V. (2020). Agile transformation in a large media company — perceptions and principles. Aalto University.

· Berg, C. (2020) Maintaining an experimentation culture in a telecom organization. Aalto University.

· Kasslin, H. (2020) Unpacking evolving practices of strategic renewal in incumbent companies. Aalto University.