existence

(noun)

The state of being or occurring.

Related Terms

  • relatedness

Examples of existence in the following topics:

  • Alderfer's ERG Theory

    • Alderfer's ERG theory, based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, outlines three core needs: existence, relatedness, and growth.
    • ERG Theory posits that there are three groups of core needs: existence (E), relatedness (R), and growth (G)—hence the acronym "ERG."
    • The "existence" needs describe our basic material requirements for living.
  • Transactional Versus Transformational Leaders

    • While transactional leadership operates within existing boundaries of processes, structures, and goals, transformational leadership challenges the current state and is change-oriented.
    • Transactional leadership promotes compliance with existing organizational goals and performance expectations through supervision and the use of rewards and punishments.
    • Transactional leaders work within existing an organizational culture, while transformational leaders emphasize new ideas and thereby "transform" organizational culture.
  • Common Targets of Organizational Change

    • Prior to launching a cultural change initiative, a company should carry out a needs assessment to examine the existing organizational culture and operations.
    • A company must clearly identify the existing culture and then design a change process to implement the desired culture.
    • Organizational change management should begin with a systematic diagnosis of the existing situation in order to determine the organization's need for and ability to change.
  • Types of Innovation

    • Generational innovation involves changes in subsystems linked together with existing linking mechanisms.
    • Incremental innovations improve price/performance advancement at a rate consistent with the existing technical trajectory.
    • Radical innovations advance the price/performance frontier by much more than the existing rate of progress.
  • Employee Orientation

    • Orientation tactics exist to provide new employees enough information to adjust, resulting in satisfaction and effectiveness in their role.
    • The underlying goal of incorporating these varying onboarding tactics is to provide the employee enough information to adjust, ultimately resulting in satisfaction and effectiveness as a new employee (or an existing employee in a new role).
  • Key Behaviors of Transactional Leaders

    • Transactional leaders seek to maintain compliance within existing goals and expectations and the current organizational culture.
    • Focus on increasing the efficiency of established routines and procedures and show concern for following existing rules rather than making changes
  • Social Responsibility Audits

    • In most countries, existing legislation regulates only a fraction of accounting for socially relevant corporate activity.
    • Little consensus exists about the definition and use of metrics to evaluate social impact.
  • Measuring Organizational Performance

    • While there are a wide variety of perspectives on controlling performance, each more or less appropriate depending on the objectives and industry of the organization, a few key metrics exist.
    • Customer satisfaction and/or retention - It is much cheaper to keep existing customers than to find new ones.
  • Sourcing Technology

    • Technology sourcing involves isolating and implementing new innovations within an existing business framework.
  • Introduction to Entrepreneurship

    • Many kinds of organizations now exist to support would-be entrepreneurs, including specialized government agencies, business incubators, science parks, and some non-governmental organizations.
    • Innovative thinking allows for so-called disruptive innovations—innovations which make leaps and bounds over existing products.
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