CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION
Abiud Moronge Machogu
LESSON ONE
INTRODUCTION TO CHANGE MANAGEMENT
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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
-Barack Obama Barack
• In today’s dynamic environment, managing change and innovation is key • Organiz ations must embrace many types of change • Today’s successful companies continually innovating are
Introduction
• Organiz ational change requires the adoption of new ideas and/or behavior • Many organi zati ons stru ggle changing successfully…. . w i th
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• Change is Inevitable! • Organizations -- and
Managers -failing to plan for, anticipate, and adapt to change are unlikely to survive in the long-run.
What is Change?
• Change is the loss of something familiar. • People are generally uncomfortable about change, even change in apparently minor matters. • If small changes can cause uneasiness, large changes can cause considerable stress, and as a manager, you will no doubt have to deal with both.
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Two types of Change: Reactive Vs Proactive • Managers deal with two types of changes:1. Reactive: Responding to Unanticipated Reactive: Problems & Opportunities. Opportunities. Reactive change is making change in response to problems or opportunities as they arise. In responding to surprises, arise. there is usually less time to get all the information and resources needed to adequately manage the change, and serious mistakes may be made. made.
2. Proactive: Managing Anticipated Problems or Opportunities Proactive change or planned change involves making carefully thought-out thoughtchanges in anticipation of possible or expected problems or opportunities
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• Change can also be defined in terms of the si gni fic ance and s peed of c hange . A common distinction is made between –step change and –incremental change. Incremental change Step change