Transferring Innovation Across National Boundaries

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Transferring Innovation Across National Boundaries

Paul Anthony Courtney

MGT 616, Organizational Change & Development

Dr. Corpron, Professor

California InterContinental University

May 29, 2016

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Abstract

This case study review will analyze the triggering events and activities that lead

Minnesota Biolabs to change product strategy. I will also address the why and why not' of

Effective employee integration performance engagement methodologies. Engaged employees are

emotionally attached to their organization and highly involved in their job with a high

enthusiasm for the success of their employer. Employee engagement is a vast construct that

touches almost every aspect of organizational change management.

Findings

Triggering event . . . A tangible or intangible barrier or occurrence that, once breached or

met, causes another event to occur. “A shift in the environment that precipitates a need for

Organizational change" (Spector, 2013, p.14). MB/Minnesota Biolabs was faced with a

the consistent dilemma to make business strategy changes that would meet several measures,

specifically, in this case, the preservation of the life of the animals being used in their vital

research in the defense of Septicemia, Sepsis infection. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition in

which the human body is fighting a severe infection that has spread via the bloodstream. If a

person becomes “septic” they will have low blood pressure leading to poor circulation and lack

of blood perfusion of vital tissues and tissues (Heathwise.com, 2016). Theorist and researcher

(Isabella, 1992) describes a trigger event as an event that precipitates new behaviors and new

thoughts of managers...