Global Tech Tactics
Sherif Ahmed El-Gaabary (Group 1 – 5S Team)
Learning new theories and frameworks is usually a burden on a person to understand and imagine its application in real life cases. However, the Gobal Tech simulation case was an amazing chance for connecting what we have learnt (Why, What, and How organizational change works) to what we have discussed on the first day through cases and articles. From my point of view, the simulation gave the team three main added values. First, since it took place on the second day of the EMBA in addition to being introduced to the new group members, each member of the team got the chance of experiencing the teamwork activity with his team. Thus, it allowed for knowing each other better through the engagement in the discussions and ideas sharing. Second, the simulation gave the team the exposure and challenge of being responsible for putting an organization on a change process, which required that all the members should be aligned to the cause. Third, we have learned the importance of working within a specified time frame and budget, which are of equal importance to the change processes and tactics selection. Finally, for me, before the course and simulation, I believed that the organizational change is all about the changes what will be applied. However, now, I realized that the act phase including the changes required should be implemented after several core phases that direct the success or the failure of the organizational change. In other words, the change process starts with the unfreeze step in order to be able to implement the changes then refreeze the organization.
Global Tech has built a very good reputation in the market as being one of the leading manufacturers of all the weather global positioning systems (GPS) in the world. The first successful story showed that the company had a competitive edge over its competitors by having powerful R&D, engineering and manufacturing departments. However, the leader of the
Learning new theories and frameworks is usually a burden on a person to understand and imagine its application in real life cases. However, the Gobal Tech simulation case was an amazing chance for connecting what we have learnt (Why, What, and How organizational change works) to what we have discussed on the first day through cases and articles. From my point of view, the simulation gave the team three main added values. First, since it took place on the second day of the EMBA in addition to being introduced to the new group members, each member of the team got the chance of experiencing the teamwork activity with his team. Thus, it allowed for knowing each other better through the engagement in the discussions and ideas sharing. Second, the simulation gave the team the exposure and challenge of being responsible for putting an organization on a change process, which required that all the members should be aligned to the cause. Third, we have learned the importance of working within a specified time frame and budget, which are of equal importance to the change processes and tactics selection. Finally, for me, before the course and simulation, I believed that the organizational change is all about the changes what will be applied. However, now, I realized that the act phase including the changes required should be implemented after several core phases that direct the success or the failure of the organizational change. In other words, the change process starts with the unfreeze step in order to be able to implement the changes then refreeze the organization.
Global Tech has built a very good reputation in the market as being one of the leading manufacturers of all the weather global positioning systems (GPS) in the world. The first successful story showed that the company had a competitive edge over its competitors by having powerful R&D, engineering and manufacturing departments. However, the leader of the