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A truly innovative organization provides its employees with room to explore

Innovation and organizational culture: How to foster innovative thinking and promote innovation in an organization

Creativity and innovative problem-solving must be cultivated within an organization. While productive, useful idea-generation does require a degree of structure, and even deadlines, a truly innovative organization provides its employees with room to explore, pursue novel approaches, and even fail (Ciit, 2016).
Evidence-based Innovation Management, Innovation, Creativity, Organizational culture, Leadership
A safety policy that is backed by a strong management commitment and supported by all employees is the very basis for an effective safety climate.

How to implement an effective safety policy from an evidence-based management point of view?

In this CQ Dossier we focus on how to implement an effective safety policy. We draw on safety research to propose a series of recommendations on how to implement such a policy. The dossier describes the key elements of an effective safety policy and then describes how best to implement these characteristics to create an effective safety climate for the organization.
Workplace health and safety, Safety climate, Workplace design, Safety policy, Safety procedures
Charismatic leaders gain commitment to their vision and the mission of the organization.

How charismatic leaders gain commitment to their vision and the mission of the organization

This CQ Dossier describes the qualities of charismatic leaders and how they gain commitment to their vision and the mission of the organization. The paper draws on the main theories of charismatic leadership to present the key behaviors that distinguish charismatic leaders from non-charismatic leaders.
Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Charismatic Leadership, Transformational Leadership
An effective safety climate is a prerequisite for a high health and safety level at work.

How to improve workplace safety. The science behind zero accidents and a safe working environment

This CQ Dossier focuses on what constitutes an effective safety climate and how to improve workplace safety in general. Recent disasters such as the Grenfell Tower Fire incident illustrate the importance of safety in the work environment. At the Grenfell Tower, people escaped using a single staircase and while more than 65 people were rescued, an estimated 71 people died and countless others were injured. We draw on theory and research to describe how organizational practices can increase the level of workplace safety.
Workplace health and safety, Safety climate, Human error, Safety culture
Large Scale Organizational Change Interventions (LSOCI) is cannot be planned and implemented solely based on a top-down approach.

Managing organizational transformation: Change management tools that really make a difference

In your professional life you will most certainly face situations were only an organizational transformation can move you and your organization out of harm's way. New regulatory frameworks, disruptive innovations, financial crisis are some examples of events where gradual or incremental change reaches its limits. Learn how transformational change works in this CQ Dossier.
Large Scale Organizational Change, Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Language of change, Discourse
Communication shapes social reality and is a powerful change management tool

Change management and communication: How to shape social reality and drive organizational change

One of the most powerful tools to manage change is language. Depending on how you use it, language can enable, block or drive organizational change. While the role language plays in organizational change has not yet been fully recognized in the practical domain, the social sciences have started the so called linguistic turn years ago.
Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Change side effects, Language of change, Discourse
Changing an organization's culture requires both top-down and bottom-up measures

Culture change: Using research to change organizational culture from bottom-up and top-down

Psychological research has consistently demonstrated that one of the largest influences on employee performance, satisfaction, motivation, and collaboration ability is organizational culture (Belias & Koustelios, 2014). Organizations that are warm, interdependent, and dynamic are typically healthier, more thriving organizations. Conversely, organizations that are cool, judgmental, or alienated typically have negative workplace outcomes, low retention, and low employee satisfaction.
Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Transformational Leadership, Organizational culture
Self determination and goals can boost motivation when applied in the right way

How self determination and goals boost motivation: An evidence-based management approach

In this CQ Dossier we have a look at the key concept of self-determination and goal-setting theory. We draw on the main theories of self-determination (SDT), mastery motivation and goal-setting theory to provide you guidelines on how best to motivate your peers, coworkers and team members.
Evidence-based Leadership, Performance management, Self-Determination Theory, Basic psychological needs, Goal Agreement, Goal setting theory

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