Change Management
University of Ballarat
Management of Change and Organisational development
Morning: 30098378
Chris: 30108581
Courtney: 30086320
Kristy: 30100988
Jason: 30093099
Executive summary
The purpose of this report is to provide a clear understanding of the well-known Information Technology Corporation recognised as IBM. This summary will examinee some key drivers of change within IBM and also analyse some likely resistance to change in the case study. Lastly this report will provides positives and negatives about the main drives of change. A number of drivers of changes that were identified, were change of Leadership in IBM follow by the innovation of technology. As a result, some likely resistance of change were uncovered, the reason behind resistance to change included fear of unknown or uncertainty. The fact that Gerstner was also a new manager, this meant that his leadership styles were questioned as to whether his ideas would lead that to benefit the organisation. Finally benefits were recognised from drivers of change include the turnover of leadership style that might bring to an organisation with technology can reduce the number of employees while increase profitability. Negatives of leadership were an autocratic leader will de-motivate employees and technology will take over good leaders jobs within the company.
Introduction
In an organisation there are number of drivers and changes that organisations go through some of these changes are beneficial for the organisation others are factors that affect the organisational profitability. These influences consist of external drivers and internal pressure the external factors are Political/Legal, Sociocultural, Economical, Technology and International on the other hand the inside forces of the organisation contains Culture, Leadership, Process, Structure, and HRM Strategy. This report’s major purpose is to investigate a Case study about Balanced and blended
Management of Change and Organisational development
Morning: 30098378
Chris: 30108581
Courtney: 30086320
Kristy: 30100988
Jason: 30093099
Executive summary
The purpose of this report is to provide a clear understanding of the well-known Information Technology Corporation recognised as IBM. This summary will examinee some key drivers of change within IBM and also analyse some likely resistance to change in the case study. Lastly this report will provides positives and negatives about the main drives of change. A number of drivers of changes that were identified, were change of Leadership in IBM follow by the innovation of technology. As a result, some likely resistance of change were uncovered, the reason behind resistance to change included fear of unknown or uncertainty. The fact that Gerstner was also a new manager, this meant that his leadership styles were questioned as to whether his ideas would lead that to benefit the organisation. Finally benefits were recognised from drivers of change include the turnover of leadership style that might bring to an organisation with technology can reduce the number of employees while increase profitability. Negatives of leadership were an autocratic leader will de-motivate employees and technology will take over good leaders jobs within the company.
Introduction
In an organisation there are number of drivers and changes that organisations go through some of these changes are beneficial for the organisation others are factors that affect the organisational profitability. These influences consist of external drivers and internal pressure the external factors are Political/Legal, Sociocultural, Economical, Technology and International on the other hand the inside forces of the organisation contains Culture, Leadership, Process, Structure, and HRM Strategy. This report’s major purpose is to investigate a Case study about Balanced and blended