Even with the systematic approach of organizational change management there are certain risks involved, that need to be considered for organizations to successfully implement change management. This article aims to highlight the typical risks associated with change management and how to work around them for a successful change implementation. Change management is a discipline that lays down a set of processes and tools for dealing with change. The management and leadership of today’s organizations are faced with an increasing pace of change. Read more…

Jersey Central Power & Light should immediately review its communications strategies for weather events, and should start communicating with its customers not just through its website, but using social media, state staffers told the Board of Public Utilities yesterday in a report.

The BPU staff report is the first action by the state to come out of a series of hearings held to investigate utility responses after Hurricane Irene.

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As the residents of Durban return to normal life, and weary negotiators together with thousands of representatives of business and civil society try to make sense of the past two weeks, thoughts are turning already to Rio+ 20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June next year. So, what lessons might we take from COP17, what hopes dare we harbor for Rio?

Everything is Connected

We used to talk about climate change as an isolated issue.

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When Ann Marie Virgo was laid off from her parking attendant job, she didn’t bother to apply for unemployment right away.

After all, her two sons had summer jobs in West Hartford, one at a movie theater and one at a grocery store, and she figured she could go to work with one of them.

But their employers didn’t respond, nor did McDonald’s, Wendy’s or the many stores where she’s put in applications for cashier jobs.

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The move marks a low point in the world’s biggest trade dispute, largely centered on European aid for the Airbus A350 aircraft. But an end to the battle over aircraft subsides could be some time away and a negotiated settlement may still be most likely outcome.

The EU has its own case against U.S. support for Boeing and resolving that will be part of the final mix.

But U.S. officials exploited a tactical advantage derived from the fact the WTO has already issued a final ruling in the U.S. case against Airbus subsidies while the EU case against Boeing subsidies is still pending.

“The WTO clearly found that every single grant of launch aid to Airbus , for every single aircraft that company produced, was a WTO -inconsistent subsidy that caused unfair adverse effects to U.S.

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(CNN) — A majority of European leaders agreed early Friday on a new deal to try to resolve the continent’s debt crisis, but Britain refused to back a broader treaty change.

The 17 members of the eurozone, which share the embattled single currency, reached a deal for a new intergovernmental treaty to deepen the integration of national budgets. Six other EU nations supported the deal.

“We’re doing everything we can to save the euro,” President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said at a news conference in Brussels following a marathon summit meeting of EU leaders.

But the new plan, which leaders are aiming to have ready by March, did not get the backing of Britain

Three other countries — the Czech Republic, Hungary and Sweden — said they are willing to consider the plan after consultations with their Parliaments.

“We would rather have reformed the treaty with 27 members,” Sarkozy said.

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The Mae Sot-Myawaddy checkpoint on the Thai-Burmese border will be reopened on Dec 5 after more than a year of closure, Tak deputy governor Wuthi Sithisurat said on Saturday.

Mr Wuthi said he had been confirmed of the reopening of the checkpoint by the governor of Myawaddy.

Burma had invited Thai authorities and leading members of the Tak Chamber of Commerce and Federation of Thai Industries to attend the opening ceremony of a border economic zone on Dec 5.

The ceremony would be attended by high-level Burmese officials from Naypyidaw, the Burmese capital.

Mr Wuthi said there would not be a ceremony to mark the reopening of the checkpoint, which has been closed since July 18 last year.

The Thai-Burmese Friendship Bridge would be opened as usual.

Sources said the reopening of the Mae Sot-Myawaddy checkpoint followed a contact between Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul and the Burmese counterpart.