Managing Organizational Change
Managing Organizational Change
Zaid Mulki
AWR, 1
Business Administration
Spring 2010
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Contents
Abstract 3 1. Introduction 4 2. Definition of Organization Change 5 3. Types of Organizational Change 5 3.1. Strategic Change 5 3.2. Structural Change 6 3.3. Technological Change 7 3.4. Behavioral Change 8 4. Change Process 9 4.1. Kurt Lewin 9 4.2. The Change Implementation Model 10 5. Obstacles to Change. 11 6. Managing Change 12 6.1. Commitment 12 6.2. Involvement 13 6.3. Communication 13 7. Conclusion 14 References 15
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Abstract
Recently, Managerial perspectives have shed a light upon the continuous changes affecting organization internally and externally. Different studies have been carried out to show how important it is to face these changes on a managerial level as an effective response. While certain studies showed the importance of taking the behavioral changes into consideration, other studies focused on implementing the change as a lifecycle including the behavioral change as part of it. This paper provides key factors concerning the change process as a whole, and sheds a light on effective methods of implementing the change in order for organizations to achieve the desirable and outstanding performance required.
1. Introduction:
Change has been proved to be an inevitable part of organizations lives, no organization can survive without facing it and managing strategies to respond in an efficient and effective way. Many organizations are failing to survive and fleeing out of the marker as a result, since strategies are not well formulated to face such events.
Various topics have been written and discussed about change recently. Harvard business school has published a study on this essence, showing the importance of change management across different industries, the paper focused on the point that Accepting the necessity and inevitability of change enables different industries to see
Zaid Mulki
AWR, 1
Business Administration
Spring 2010
Page
Contents
Abstract 3 1. Introduction 4 2. Definition of Organization Change 5 3. Types of Organizational Change 5 3.1. Strategic Change 5 3.2. Structural Change 6 3.3. Technological Change 7 3.4. Behavioral Change 8 4. Change Process 9 4.1. Kurt Lewin 9 4.2. The Change Implementation Model 10 5. Obstacles to Change. 11 6. Managing Change 12 6.1. Commitment 12 6.2. Involvement 13 6.3. Communication 13 7. Conclusion 14 References 15
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Abstract
Recently, Managerial perspectives have shed a light upon the continuous changes affecting organization internally and externally. Different studies have been carried out to show how important it is to face these changes on a managerial level as an effective response. While certain studies showed the importance of taking the behavioral changes into consideration, other studies focused on implementing the change as a lifecycle including the behavioral change as part of it. This paper provides key factors concerning the change process as a whole, and sheds a light on effective methods of implementing the change in order for organizations to achieve the desirable and outstanding performance required.
1. Introduction:
Change has been proved to be an inevitable part of organizations lives, no organization can survive without facing it and managing strategies to respond in an efficient and effective way. Many organizations are failing to survive and fleeing out of the marker as a result, since strategies are not well formulated to face such events.
Various topics have been written and discussed about change recently. Harvard business school has published a study on this essence, showing the importance of change management across different industries, the paper focused on the point that Accepting the necessity and inevitability of change enables different industries to see
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