paradigm

(noun)

A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.

Related Terms

  • robust
  • inertia
  • joint venture
  • empirical

Examples of paradigm in the following topics:

  • The Inclusive Workplace

    • The following paradigms are a result of extensive academic research by experts in diversity.
    • Resistance paradigm: In this phase, there is a natural cultural resistance to change and equity across diverse groups.
    • Discrimination-and-fairness paradigm: In this phase, the organization focuses simply on adherence to social and legal expectations.
    • Access-and-legitimacy paradigm: At this phase, management has successfully elevated the culture from acceptance to active inclusion.
    • Learning-and-effectiveness paradigm: In this final stage, management has successfully integrated inclusion in a way that is proactive and learning-based.
  • McClelland's Need Theory

    • David McClelland describes three central motivational paradigms: achievement, affiliation and power.
    • An individual's balance of these needs forms a kind of profile that can be useful in determining a motivational paradigm for them.
  • Understanding Culture Shock

    • In more severe cases, this is also when individuals tend to feel lonely, detached, isolated or distanced from social paradigms and networks.
    • Mastery Phase - The individual feels as if they are near-native in the new cultural paradigm, drastically minimizing culture-based frustrations, miss-communications and anxiety.
  • Building Organizational Culture

    • The paradigm: Management determines both the mission and vision of the organization and sets a groundwork for the values that employees are expected to align with.
  • Types of Innovation

    • Walmart succeeded thanks to process efficiency enabled via innovative operational paradigms and distribution strategies.
  • Internal and External

    • Because systems are interdependent, it makes sense that an entire set of processes within an operational paradigm can be made vulnerable to failure by a single process that is struggling.
  • Functional vs. General Management

    • .), the critical difference is that a functional manager often "zooms in" to one particular aspect of a broader operational paradigm.
  • The Importance of Organizational Diversity

    • Innovative thinking inherently requires individuals to go outside of the normal paradigms of operation, utilizing diverse perspectives to craft new and unique conclusions.
  • Inside and Outside Forces for Organizational Change

    • Migrating from one volume to another can financially challenging, and change strategies such as creating new affordable product lines or more efficient operational paradigms are key to changing for success.
  • Defining Organizational Culture

    • Johnson underlines the paradigm, control system, organizational structure, power structure, symbols, stories, and myths as central determinants of what a given organizational culture stands for.
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