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The paper provides an analysis of the so-called revolution at Oticon. More specifically, in the wake of falling market share due to the company's inability to produce in-the-ear hearing aids, new CEO Lars Kolind has proposed some radical changes for Oticon. The paper explains that Kolind's vision for the future entails the advent of a state-of-the-art computer information system, the centralization of operations as one location, and the emergence of a new unified corporate culture. The paper then relates that unfortunately, change initiatives promoted by CEO Lars Kolind have been met with considerable resistance in the form of outright revolt by many managers. The paper discusses how findings of the current study suggest that a number of measures need to be taken to overcome resistance to change at Oticon including education and training concerning the potential merits and benefits of the proposed changes, acceptance of vocalized perspectives by employees and managers concerning potential changes, the establishment of a change committee to provide validation of change proposals, adaptations in CEO Lars Kolind's leadership style as less autocratic, efforts by the change committee to report on positive results as a way of exacting positive change on normative consensus, and encouraging managers to accept new company values in order to provide a foundation for effective change.

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"The current study provides an analysis of the so-called revolution at Oticon. More specifically, in the wake of falling market share due to the company's inability to produce in-the-ear hearing aids, new CEO Lars Kolind has proposed some radical changes for Oticon. Kolind's vision for the future entails the advent of a state-of-the-art computer information system, the centralization of operations as one location, and the emergence of a new unified corporate culture. Unfortunately, change initiatives promoted by CEO Lars Kolind have been met with considerable..."

Tags:change resistance, change management, oticon

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The paper looks at how the new push towards economic liberalization within China is seen as a legitimate threat to the jobs of millions of Chinese workers. The paper also addresses the resolve of the Chinese government to bring the economy within lock-step of the market, which means that the old ways of doing business - the familiarity of which have been a source of comfort to senior managers for some time - are now being replaced by an alien approach founded in another business culture. The paper considers the retreat of the government from a command economy, with its concomitant emphasis upon job security and high employment, that can easily be seen as a rejection of Beijing's commitments under the implicit Social Contract between the Chinese state and its citizens. Lastly, the paper discusses how privatization has met with resistance because of a sense that the state is scarcely credible when it comes to planning for such drastic reinventions and because many in the publicly-owned sector of the economy are unconvinced that wholesale changes are needed in order to spark economic growth. The paper concludes that fear, cynicism and the government's own shortcomings have made it possible for widespread resistance to be present.

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"The following paper will outline a few key reasons (out of the many) why there has been so much resistance to privatization with China's state-owned firms. Specifically, the paper will look at how the new push towards economic liberalization within China is seen as a legitimate threat to the jobs of millions of Chinese workers; as well, the resolve of the Chinese government to bring the economy within lock-step of the market means that the old ways of doing business - the familiarity of which have been a source of comfort to senior managers for some time - are now being replaced by an alien approach founded in another business culture."

Tags:resistance, china, privatization

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The paper discusses how Gregory Evans Dowd recounts the struggle for resistance of a few American Indian tribes against the British-American expansion. The paper is of the opinion that Dowd gives a unique and very interesting interpretation of the events taking place during the mid- eighteenth century. The paper portrays how Dowd tried to reconstruct the British colonization from the point of view of the Native Americans, by focusing on their perception of the Anglo-American invasion.

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"The "Indians' Great Awakening" presents the resistance of the Native Americans to the British colonization, and observes the double character of this movement: it is both a spiritual and a political resistance, or in other words, the political resistance is backed up by a spiritual regeneration of the Indians, who rediscover their traditional religions and rituals in their effort to preserve their identity in front of the colonists."
"Moreover, the nativistic movement has yet another character apart from the spiritual and the political ones, according to Dowd. The sudden awakening of the Indians is not a mere spiritual revival, but a finding of a sense of unity as a people."

Tags:resistance, Native, Americans, British, colonization

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This paper outlines and analyzes Kevin O'Brien's theory of "rightful resistance" as a legitimate means of protest. The paper also identifies areas where this theory is problematic and offers the conclusion that O'Brien's theory suggests a necessary collaboration between the population and the policy makers as a relatively non-violent way of reform.

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"Another form of "rightful resistance" is the success of wage reform in the United States involves political opportunity legal and litigation tools, and traditional American discourse relating to equality (48). In democratic political systems, O'Brien claims "rightful resistance" is one way for ordinary citizens to make officials and policy makers "prisoners of their own rhetoric" (51). In contrast to rural China, wage reform exemplifies social progress and the establishment of new laws. O'Brien argues wage reform was not an act of legitimation of U.S. polities but it did legitimate democracy as a political institution (52). O'Brien's use of wage reform as a form of "rightful resistance" is more sensible, since society is shifting in consciousness and thought as opposed to China, where the shift occurred as a result of an accessibility to information. Essentially, "rightful resisters" are exercising political agency within their own confines and challenging the efficacy of existing political actors (55). "Rightful resistance" indicates political involvement, whether through legal strategy or change in social consciousness. Put simply, if the villagers adopt new goals separate from political elites, the villagers will most likely lose their political power regardless of the number of alliances with outside sources, thus invalidating "rightful resistance" as an effective form of contention."

Tags:China, protest, resistance, politics

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Perusing he history of the Caribbean can instruct its readership about the distinctions between resistance and revolution. This is because the Caribbean countries have suffered from colonization and exploitation by many different empires for over four hundred years; Spain, France Britain, The Netherlands and other nations have taken metals from the mainland, started sugar plantations on many of the islands, and have imported slaves from Africa to expedite the harvesting of crops and stripping lands of their minerals.

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Perusing he history of the Caribbean can instruct its readership about the distinctions between resistance and revolution. This is because the Caribbean countries have suffered from colonization and exploitation by many different empires for over four hundred years; Spain, France Britain, The Netherlands and other nations have taken metals from the mainland, started sugar plantations on many of the islands, and have imported slaves from Africa to expedite the harvesting of crops and stripping lands of their minerals. European military technology and organization was dominant throughout the world, and so the disparate rural peoples throughout the Caribbean could

Tags:caribbean, resistance, revolution

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This paper examines two forms of performative resistance that can be found in the African nation of Ivory Coast. The paper discusses how by expressing local religion and tradition through music and dance, the people of the country have fought both colonial Christianity and Islam from the North. The recent conflict in Ivory Coast between the Christian South and the Islamic North has also resulted in more people turning to the traditions of Getan or Ge. The paper explains that Ge is the local tradition and religion that forms the basis of the identity for many of the people of the region.

Tags:ge, resistance, ivorycoast

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This essay discusses how the film Kanehsatake deals with the European conquest of North America and its legacy. We see the themes of resistance and activism, as the documentary shows us the stand-off at OKA. The essay then ties in the notion of oppression in our society of other groups.

Tags:kanehsatake, years, resistance

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This paper explores the different aspects of African American resistance to slavery and the manners and effect therewith.

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"The facts that are related to African American history in the US are that initially some Africans came to the New World with Columbus. It was later that the concept of slavery arose due to economic exploitation and African slaves began to arrive in the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean in 1502 and came to what was to become the United States of America in 1619. Over the next 250 years, some African Americans were freed or freed themselves and the institution of slavery was banned by the US in 1808, and states from Maine to Maryland gradually enacted abolition laws."

Tags:african, american, resistance

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This paper relates the actions and beliefs of General Mustafa Kemal, known as Father Turk, who led the establishment of the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923. The author stresses that Kemal transformed Turkey into a secular state where religious belief would be a matter of individual and personal conscience. The secular states still flourishes today although many Turks view their Islamic practices as incompatible with western philosophy, which creates a political tension. The paper contends that the history of the conflict between religion and secularism in Turkey is the story of the struggle between a state-imposed modernization and a people's resistance.

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"Kemal set up the foundations for a strong nation-state yet allowed repressive practices to seep in against the freedom of the press, which survive to this day. He put into place the necessary reforms to make Turkey a secular state. He abolished the constitutional provision, which decreed Islam as the state religion and the caliphate, which symbolized the Sultanate's religious authority. He removed the rest of Islamic institutions. He replaced these with Western laws, practices and principles. He introduced the use of the Latin calendar and alphabet."

Tags:structure, modern nation-state, brotherhoods resistance, european union

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This paper recounts the history of Somalia, discusses the empires that have ruled Somalia in the past, how these empires benefited from their rule of Somalia, and the consequences to Somalia as a result of foreign rule. Finally, the paper looks at some of the attempts at resistance to imperial rule, and the strife amongst the leaders of the different independence movements that led to Somalia's civil war.

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"Somalia has been ruled by various imperial empires. Some of its earlier rulers were the nations of Oman, Turks and Zanzibar. Most of these nations lost control in Somalia. Britain, France and Italy came to this part of the world in the 19th century. Each country has had a say during its rule. It was first used by Britain to guard its links with its colony in Aden, as it was dependent on livestock supplies from Somalia. The Italians used Italian Somaliland as an agricultural base to grow citrus fruits and sugarcane. The British managed to seize a lot of land after the original occupants (the Egyptians) left to fight the Sudanese people. After forging alliances with the local tribal leaders, they established themselves as the guardians of the country."

Tags:mogadishu, oman, turks, britain, france, italy, colony, somaliland, Salihiyah, brotherhood, ethiopia