Tag: technology

From Personal Trouble to Organizational Issue

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C. Wright Mills’ The Sociological Imagination through communication, conflict management, and the Standing on the Ledge framework Introduction In The Sociological Imagination, published in 1959, C. Wright Mills argues that people can understand their lives more clearly when they connect personal biography with social structure and historical change. His best-known distinction is between personal troubles … Continue reading From Personal Trouble to Organizational Issue →

Module 12 Learning Journal: The Org Chart Is Not the Work

Organizational chart with executive leadership directing operations, product, growth, and services teams; showing coordination and collaboration among Team Alpha, Team Beta, Team Gamma, and Team Delta.

Module focus Organizational structure, division of labour, coordination, span of control, centralization, formalization, mechanistic and organic structures, departmentalization, and structural contingencies Lens Structure is not merely boxes and reporting lines. It is the system that distributes information, authority, workload, delay, and consequence. Topic Focus This learning journal examines organizational structure as the formal and informal … Continue reading Module 12 Learning Journal: The Org Chart Is Not the Work →

Lewin’s Three-Step Model of Organizational Change

Diagram showing Lewin's three-stage organizational change model with steps for unfreeze, change, and refreeze

MGT2382 Organizational Behaviour Learning Journal Date: July 11, 2026 Topic: Organizational change, group behaviour, resistance, leadership, and workplace culture Working Thesis Lewin’s model shows that lasting organizational change requires more than introducing a new policy or procedure. Leaders must first loosen the forces holding existing behaviour in place, support people while new behaviour is being … Continue reading Lewin’s Three-Step Model of Organizational Change →

What Is Wrong With the Commercial Cleaning Industry in Canada? Plenty

Custodial worker resting before screen showing 'QUARTERLY EFFICIENCY TARGETS: URGENT' and a line graph.

Hey there, Standing on the Ledge. How are y’all today? Today I want to talk plain about something I know from the inside and something Canada’s own numbers keep backing up from the outside. The commercial cleaning industry in this country has a hard truth sitting at its centre: too many people want clean, safe, … Continue reading What Is Wrong With the Commercial Cleaning Industry in Canada? Plenty →

Three Effective Strategies to Manage Life’s Friction

The Friction Audit involves analyzing personal life for inefficiencies and distractions, much like an organizational audit. The author identifies three major friction triggers: morning fog, boundary violations, and communication noise. To combat these, they propose simple strategies like completing small tasks and setting clear boundaries to enhance productivity and reduce decision fatigue.