“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” (Winston Churchill)
It is often said that change is the only constant in life (Heraclitus). However, humans tend to resist it because it is associated with risks and uncertainty and we are afraid of the unknown. We like to stay in our safe zones, which are stable and nothing bad can happen to us. Despite this, change is one of the most important aspects of life, without which no one can evolve. Napoleon once said, "One must change one 's tactics every 10 years if one wishes to maintain one 's superiority." In today 's society and business world change is even faster and it will continue to accelerate. Organisations and individuals, which do not embrace change, are bound to
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Sometimes deep organizational change is necessary in order to maintain a competitive edge.” Organisational change consists of production processes (quality management, lean production, business re-engineering), management styles (teamwork, training, flexible work and compensation) and relations with external sources (outsourcing, customer relations, networking). (Murphy, M., 2002)
Triggers of change are “disorganizing pressures indicating that current systems, procedures, rules, organization structures, and processes are no longer effective” (manual). There are many such triggers, which can be external or internal. Organisational change can be triggered by external factors, such as: economic and trading environment, both local and international, new discovered technology, variations of consumers tastes, innovations made by competitors, mergers and acquisitions, changes in politics and social values. When it comes to internal triggers, these include innovations concerning product and service design, low morale, depression, and high stress among employees, changes in top management, poor skills and knowledge, identification of problems, leading to reallocation of responsibilities, and new ideas on how to deliver services to the client. (manual)
Although it is a well-known fact that change is necessary, many organisations do not know where to start or how to implement it. There are many theories and frameworks about how to “do” change. These include John Kotter 's
Change happens in a business environment for a variety of reasons. Those reasons depend on both internal and external factors.
Businesses are facing a dichotomy between wanting to chalk out an all-time structure and strategy for their organization, and recognizing that their world is in a constant state of flux [3]. For most of the 20th century they were largely focused on the static elements of this dichotomy. However, in the last decade changes have become more frequent and more dramatic, so much so that a whole branch of management is now devoted to the subject of change itself.
It was once said that the only constant is change which is true. This change can be a major change or a subtle one, either way change is still constant.
Organized Change Consultancy. (2010). Re-engineering and TQM: Approaches to Organizational Change . Available: http://www.organizedchange.com/village.htm. Last accessed 2nd January 2014.
Change is a constant in today’s organisations. In a Recent CIPD survey it found more than half of all employees said that their organisation has been going through some kind of major change during the last year. Most organisations more than ten years old look nothing like they did even five years ago. And it is likely that in the next year or two organisations will not look as they do today. Below are 6 factors that drive and influence change In any organisation.
Leading and managing change require a solid theoretical foundation. This assignment will research the theoretical elements of change and change management. Addressed will be the following: Organic Evolution of Change, Formulating Strategic Development Approaches, Leadership and Management Skills and Gathering and Analyze Data. As societies continue to evolve and changing demand creates the need for new products and services, businesses often are forced to make changes to stay competitive. The businesses that continue to survive and even thrive are usually the ones that most readily adapt to change. A variety of factors can cause a business to reevaluate its methods of operation. According to literature from the past two
Week 3, the lecture on Managing Change describes organizational changes that occur when a company makes a shift from its current state to some preferred future state. Managing organizational change is the process of planning and implementing change in organizations in such a way as to decrease employee resistance and cost to the organization while concurrently expanding the effectiveness of the change effort. Today's business environment requires companies to undergo changes almost constantly if they are to remain competitive. Students of organizational change identify areas of change in order to analyze them. A manager trying to implement a change, no matter how small, should expect to encounter some resistance from within the organization.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss organizational change and the management of that change. I will talk about the different drivers of change, the factors a leader needs to weigh to implement change effectively, the various resistances a leader may encounter while trying to implement change, and how various leadership styles will effect the realization of change. I will also discuss the knowledge I have gained through the completion of this assignment and how I think it might affect the way I manage change in my workplace.
Change has become necessary for every organisation there is. World is moving rapidly towards better technologies, efficient systems, new techniques, compact profits, different friendlier environments and organisations are always in the race to reach new heights by thriving effectively in this competitive environment (Kotter, 1996).
In order to examine this issue further, this research will look at a number of different sources. Contemporary managerial sources are explored in order to understand how other voices in the field are describing similar methods for change. First, popular structures for change management are examined, especially within their correlation to Palmer & Dunford (2009). This is followed with an extensive
Change management is relevant as though the research finds that change is taking place at an ever-increasing pace, the evidence suggests that most change initiatives fail. For example, recent CIPD research suggested that less than 60% of re-organisations met their stated objectives which are usually bottom line improvement. This is consistent with other published research.
1.1 Change management is described by Armstrong (1) as “the process of achieving the smooth implementation of change by planning and introducing it systematically taking into account the likelihood of it being resisted”. Change, the fundamental constant in any successful organisation, can be adaptive, reconstructive, revolutionary or evolutionary and can happen for a number of diverse reasons:
In order to survive and prosper in a rapid changing environment of business world, organization is often required to generate fast response to changes (French, Bell & Zawacki, 2005). Change management means to plan, initiate, realize, control, and finally stabilize change processes on both, corporate and personal level. Change may cover such diverse problems as for example strategic direction or personal development programs for staffs. In this
In this business report, I am interested in analyzing the management of change in the global organizational world. Companies act differently to outside actions & change. Some run out of performance, competition & customers, while others develop and move forward and win over the competition.
Changing situations throughout the world affect all organizations in business today. Therefore, most organizations acknowledge the need to experience change and transformation in order to survive. The key challenges companies face are due to the advancements in technology, the social environment caused by globalization, the pace of competition, and the demands regarding customer expectations. It is difficult to overcome the obstacles involved with change despite all the articles, books, and publications devoted to the topic. People are naturally resistant to fundamental changes and often intimidated by the process; the old traditional patterns and methods are no longer effective.