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Organizational behavior and change management

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Boundary crossing

Boundary crossing is the work done at a sociocultural boundary to ensure continuity of action or interaction, originating in 1990s learning sciences and organizational studies.

Job characteristics theory

Job characteristics theory, also called the Job Characteristics Model, is a work motivation theory by Hackman and Oldham holding that five job features drive internal motivation.

Kotter's 8-step process for leading change

Kotter's 8-step process for leading change is a change management model John P. Kotter introduced in 1995, describing eight steps from creating urgency to anchoring change in culture.

Lewin's change management model

Lewin's change management model is a three-stage account of planned change, Unfreeze, Change, and Refreeze, drawn from psychologist Kurt Lewin's 1947 article "Frontiers in Group Dynamics".

OKR

OKR (Objectives and Key Results) is a goal-setting framework pairing a qualitative objective with measurable key results, introduced by Andy Grove at Intel in the 1970s.

Organizational Innovation

Organizational innovation: introduction of changes new to an organization and created by management (MeSH D009936), also called organizational change; covers management and administrative innovation, determinants, measurement frameworks, and employee-driven innovation in health organizations.

Psychological safety

Psychological safety is a shared belief that a team is safe for interpersonal risk taking, so members can ask questions, admit mistakes, and disagree without fear.