UNIT 1 CHANGE: AN OVERVIEW Structure 1.1 1.2 1.3 Introduction Change - Meaning and Characteristics Types of Change 1.4 Theories of Change 1.5’ Approaches to Change 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Social Change and Cultural change Steps in Social Change Dimensions of Social Change Factors of Social Change 1.10 Let Us Sum Up 1.11 References and Selected Readings 1.12 Check Your Progress - Possible Answers 1.1 INTRODUCTION If you look around‚ you will find that ten years ago the face of India was
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What is Change Management? Organizational change can be described as the process of moving away from a current condition to realize some future state. Change management involves managing the process of achieving this future state. 1 (Nickols‚ 2004) Change can be viewed from two vantage points‚ that of the people making the changes and that of the people experiencing the changes. 2 In the top-down‚ or strategic viewpoint associated with management‚ the focus is on technical issues
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1. Introduction Change management is one of the central topics of organizational management. However‚ as to the context of change management‚ there are controversial opinions concerning whether the core of management remains the same in nature (Crockford‚ 1986). Some argue that despite the different contents and forms of change‚ the nature of change remains the same. Those who have this opinion insist that change itself is not the real problem but the resistance of change is the real one. According
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Resistance to change may be categorized into three groups of factors (Mabin‚ Forgeson & Green‚ 2001): organizational‚ group and individual. Organizational factors are caused by threats presented by unknown or unwelcome organizational structure and process change and threats induced by the environment inside or outside of the organization. Group cohesiveness and social norms under threat and participation in decision-making not properly attended would trigger resistance to change. Individual factors
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Implementing change in a department of organization can be difficult. Management must have a plan before implementing the change. The manager’s role and responsibility in implementing change within a department is very important. The manager’s role is to assess the change that needs to take place‚ come up with a plan to implement a change‚ implement the change‚ and evaluate the change in a timely order. To have a successful implementation of a new process‚ the manager must be involved in each step
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to Fred (2011) and Wells (Unknown)‚ the modern times corporation view strategies as an effectuation to achieve goals and objectives. Aside it also serves as a sense of direction towards the organisation because of recent technological and social changes and competitions from rival firm. Aviation is one of the high stake competition industries especially in the global scale. With the demand on low cost carrier (LCC) it is expected to expand rapidly and attract more players
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Introduction Organizational change‚ a vibrant force in the current scenario of rapid developments‚ is an in¬evitable feature of organizational life. The environment within and outside the organizations is changing at an ever-increasing pace‚ creating the need for faster response to the environment and eventually for deep seated transformations within the organizations themselves. Visit the link below to watch the video on Model of organizational change. Models of change Learning outcome: 4.0 Propose
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Companies and organizations are changing continually to be more efficient in what they do. Change is not always readily accepted. Many people like to stay where they are and become comfortable with their current position. Business writers and managers have stated that unless organizations continue to change‚ they will become stale and inefficient. There have been many change management initiatives such as Total Quality Management‚ Six Sigma‚ and the Japanese Kaizen. Although these initiatives carry
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Unit: 9740 Change Management Table of contents Introduction p3 1.0 Description of 2 schools of thought 1. Theories of planned change p3 2. Lewin’s change model p3 3. The positive model p4 2.0 Comparison
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Organisation Development and Change Chapter 1 A General Introduction to OD • Give‚ integrate‚ and practically apply a comprehensive and systematic knowledge base of key terms‚ principles and theories in change management and organisational development; • Mastery of the application of research methods‚ techniques and technologies appropriate to change management and organisational development as well as to undertake research and write up a research report under supervision; • Identify‚ gather
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