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Quinn and Bottom-up Change
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David Wilson
Manager, Canada

Quinn and Bottom-up Change

Quinn in his 1996 book "Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within" identifies that change occurs when you find the source of trouble. He also suggests that cultural change needs to start with personal change, even for the CEO. Quinn suggests organizations need to undo forces that want to preserve the status quo, especially if they involve the maintenance of hierarchies. He also suggests promoting technically competent and innovative people may not help change, if they do not understand the culture or politics of the organization.
Is it possible for the power of the leader to poison the workplace environment? I think it may. Sometimes resistance or barriers are created by a leader, who is not trusted or respected. Quinn appears to support bottom up change, as well as the need for transformational leaders. Pressure by leaders to conform, will result in resistance and often leads to failure of any change initiatives.
 

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cheryl yamazaki
Business Consultant, Australia
 

Bottoms Up!

Wonderful - it's about time, someone is singing my tune! When individuals understand that the real p... Sign up

 
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sheeja
Professor, India
 

Top-middle-down

Change often starts from the top to the middle to the bottom. The top level puts forth the requireme... Sign up

 
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Marcus Webber
Strategy Consultant, United Kingdom
 

The Nature of Hierchical Effects

The issue is that of the fundamental instability that attends the nature of hierarchical power. See... Sign up

 
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dagmar kokavcova
Professor, Slovakia
 

Bottom-up in Practice

As a good example of this approach I consider the Brazilian company Semco where Ricardo Semler imple... Sign up

 
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Sankaran Nambissan Poozhikunnath
Manager, Sultanate of Oman
 

Involving the Bottom Level in the Implementation

Change will be decided by the top level. They are successful if they can implement from the bottom l... Sign up

 
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Johnny Michael Tan
Management Consultant, Malaysia
 

Managing and Leading Change

Change starts from the top... Must involve top / middle management... Then cascade to the rank and f... Sign up

 
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Madan Gopal Agarwal
Business Consultant, India
 

Bottom-up or Top-Down Approach

In certain situations, 'bottom-up approach' is more appropriate, in certain other situations, 'top-d... Sign up

 
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Ron White
Teacher, United Kingdom
 

Achieving Consensus

I agree with Madan Gopal Agarwal that, basically, different situations call for different approaches... Sign up

 
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Barbara Wilson
Coach, France
 

Combine Bottom-up and Top-down Approach

I like this approach and remember it from my MBA study, and on the whole would support it. When I ha... Sign up

 
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Ian Straus
Analyst, United States
 

Quinn and Bottom-up Change

@David, re. "is it possible for the power of a leader to poison the workplace environment?" - of cou... Sign up

 
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Rixon Campbell
United States
 

Merger of Top Down and Bottom- Up Approaches

One of the characteristics of a transformational leader is to share the vision, and then lead by exa... Sign up

 
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Cindy Palomo
Manager, United States
 

All Levels are Needed

I don't think it's a question of one or the other (top-down or bottom-up). Each level within the org... Sign up

 
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Motsi, Zimbabwe
 

Participation of All Levels

In my view, organisations must espouse the spirit of interdependence in order to secure synergistic ... Sign up

 
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Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
 

A Warning Word About Employees Participation

Employees participation is good, but shall be focused on the HOW (how to implement), Asking WHAT (... Sign up

 
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Charles Peter
CEO, Kenya
 

Bottom - Up and Top Down Approaches Both Obsolete

My conviction is that both these approaches are becoming obsolete in the age we are in. Open door co... Sign up

 
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James Saw
Analyst, Malaysia
 

Change or Be Changed

Like it or not, every organization is like a living organism, it transforms and must transform accor... Sign up

 
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Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

Ripples Approach

Bottom up or top down approaches have their due roles and applicability; however what I see is if an... Sign up

 
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SANKHA SUBHRA RAKSHIT, India
 

Choose One Approach

Both approaches are having advantages as well as disadvantages. But I believe that if in a particula... Sign up

 
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Serkalem G.Kirstos
CEO, Ethiopia
 

Gaps in Bottom up

I do agree with a bottom-up approach but not in its entirety since people at the lower echelon of th... Sign up

 
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Nasir Cader
Student (Other)
 

Bottom-up Approach and Fear

Information and suggestions should flow from the counter to the ivory tower. However, those working ... Sign up

 
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Odufowokan Adesina
Teacher, Nigeria
 

Bottom-up Approach Should be Systematically Applied

It`s an instrument for solving organizational problems to an extent but to a greater extent will be ... Sign up

 
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David Whitfield
Professor, United States
 

Combine Bottom Up and Top Down

I totally agree with Barbara Wilson regarding both top and bottom because when it comes to discussin... Sign up

 

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More on Bottom-up Approach:
Summary
Discussion Topics
topic 63 Ways to Stimulate Employee Creativity and Innovativeness
topic Bottom-up Approach in Projects
👀Quinn and Bottom-up Change
topic Bottom-up Approach Towards Organizational Change
topic Change Driven by Personal Agendas
topic Bottom Up Approach is Time Consuming
topic Start with Middle Management in your Change Approach
topic My Bottom Up Approach Definition
topic Suggest it to the President Forum
topic Is a Bottom-up Approach a Theory Y Approach?
topic Determine Organizational Structure First
topic Why are we not Stimulating Employee Creativity and Innovation?
🔥 Decision-making by Consensus: The Palaver
topic How the Bottom-up Approach Can Be Abused
topic We should not AIways Involve Everybody
topic Bottom-up Framework?
topic CASE: Objects are Blocking Access at Work
topic Poor Management at Work...
topic Bottom Up Approach is a Product of the Holistic Concept of Management
Special Interest Group

SIG Leader

Do you know a lot about Bottom-up Approach? Become our SIG Leader
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