The main goal of the paper is to present the characteristics of business renovation efforts and readiness for electronic business (e-business) in Slovenia and Croatia. Renovation is presented as the highest level of strategy for managing change that commonly cannot be handled by continuous improvement and reengineering methods or organizational restructuring. This framework is expanded to e-bus...

This commentary provides an overview of the organizational readiness for change (ORC) literature over the last decade, with respect to prevailing definitions, theories, and tools to guide assessment of ORC in preparation for implementation. The development of the OR4KT by Gagnon et al is an important contribution to this body of work. This commentary highlights the strengths of the OR4KT includ...

Systematic evaluations of efforts to transfer research-based interventions and procedures into general practice at community drug treatment programs have been limited. However, practical experiences as well as results from studies of technology transfer and organizational behavior in related fields provide a basis for proposing a heuristic model of key factors that influence this process. The s...

This research approaches the issues of introducing ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) into Small and Medium Enterprises, with the aim of finding some conditions that make the organizational context able to manage the change process needed to really get the potential benefits of these technologies. The final objective is to propose a theoretical base for a methodology able to impr...

There is a need for metrics for inter-organizational collaborative software development projects, encompassing management and technical concerns. In particular, metrics are needed that are aimed at the collaborative aspect itself, such as readiness for collaboration, the quality and/or the costs and benefits of collaboration in a specific ongoing project. We suggest questions and directions for...

Schools across the country are pressured to reform by federal and state mandates. Because resistance is a major factor in reform failure, it is crucial for principals to discover why teachers resist change. This article explores the leadership and organizational change literature regarding some common barriers to change. Research-based strategies to promote change readiness and steps to overcom...

Introduction Existing literature suggests that organizational readiness for change (ORC) can influence implementing and sustaining an intervention program. Individual attitude toward innovation is one of the important components of ORC. There is a growing research effort to identify facilitators and barriers regarding positive attitudes toward innovation in clinical settings. The current study ...

The article reveals the main results of the training conditions complex ensuring effective implementation of the ecologization process. It has ecological and information, didactic, psychological and pedagogical, social and organizational aspects. Activities on the development of environmental readiness of military specialist will bring more success in creating these conditions in the real effec...