Change in Humans and Organizations
MGMT243
Human Resource Management: Change in Humans and Organizations
Lecture 2: Current Organizational Challenges - Global and Constant Change
Required readings for this week can be found in the READINGS-2 folder. Read pp. 1-7 of the following article: Pryor, M. G., Taneja, S., Humphreys, J., Anderson, D., & Singleton, L. (2008). Challenges facing change management theories and research. Delhi Business Review, 9(1), 1-20.
Hello! Welcome to Lecture 2 of MGMT243. This week our lecture, reading, and discussion will focus on organizational change as a global (broadly-based) phenomena, and as the new constant for most organizations and their members.
Organizational change can be anticipated or unanticipated; can be driven by internal or external causes; and can be top-down or bottom-up (in some instances even driven from the "middle" of the organization). In any case, the need for change is one that is shared by many entities from small businesses to global organizations, cities and towns to nations, individual citizens and employees to boards of directors and governments. It may be a response, a proactive measure, or the result of a survival instinct. Significant changes are apparent both in experience and as described by media sources and experts. The frequency with which change is encountered either personally or by description illustrates its current and constant nature.
Responding to the need to or demand for change, particularly as an organization, is challenging - in no small part due to the number of people, the complexity of the situation and the organization. Hickman
(2010), when considering external causes of change, notes that an organization 's "ability to meet new challenges…depends on its facility to build capacity among its members. Change [then] is an inherent component of capacity building in organizations and is a fundamental component of [its] larger environment" (p. 502). The same idea of capacity to meet challenges through
Human Resource Management: Change in Humans and Organizations
Lecture 2: Current Organizational Challenges - Global and Constant Change
Required readings for this week can be found in the READINGS-2 folder. Read pp. 1-7 of the following article: Pryor, M. G., Taneja, S., Humphreys, J., Anderson, D., & Singleton, L. (2008). Challenges facing change management theories and research. Delhi Business Review, 9(1), 1-20.
Hello! Welcome to Lecture 2 of MGMT243. This week our lecture, reading, and discussion will focus on organizational change as a global (broadly-based) phenomena, and as the new constant for most organizations and their members.
Organizational change can be anticipated or unanticipated; can be driven by internal or external causes; and can be top-down or bottom-up (in some instances even driven from the "middle" of the organization). In any case, the need for change is one that is shared by many entities from small businesses to global organizations, cities and towns to nations, individual citizens and employees to boards of directors and governments. It may be a response, a proactive measure, or the result of a survival instinct. Significant changes are apparent both in experience and as described by media sources and experts. The frequency with which change is encountered either personally or by description illustrates its current and constant nature.
Responding to the need to or demand for change, particularly as an organization, is challenging - in no small part due to the number of people, the complexity of the situation and the organization. Hickman
(2010), when considering external causes of change, notes that an organization 's "ability to meet new challenges…depends on its facility to build capacity among its members. Change [then] is an inherent component of capacity building in organizations and is a fundamental component of [its] larger environment" (p. 502). The same idea of capacity to meet challenges through
References: Hickman, G. R. (2010). Leading organizations, perspectives for a new era. (2nd ed., pp. 502-512). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. 1 Pryor, M. G., Taneja, S., Humphreys, J., Anderson, D., & Singleton, L. (2008). Challenges facing change management theories and research. Delhi Business Review, 9(1), 1-20. 2