Page 1 An Unplanned change Cari Spier HCS/587 November 28‚ 2011 Barbara P. Carter Page 2 An Unplanned Change Change is making something different from the way it was. It can be planned or unplanned. Unplanned change can bring about resistance. In the Tales of Woe at Concord Bookshop (Mehegan‚ 2003)‚ resistance was met at full force. The owners of the bookshop made an unplanned change to restructure the management team due to a financial slide. Instead of having three tenured
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Key Concepts | Key notions/ ideas/ points | Comments | InertiaWhy is it difficult to change? | To understand why there is organisational inertia and why it is difficult to change‚ it is necessary to first identify them so that they can be individually addressed. This can be done by categorising the inertias identified into ‘socio-technical’‚ ‘cultural’‚ ‘political’ and ‘economical’ with the ‘today’ and ‘tomorrow’ scenarios mapped out for each category. (refer to Appendix A for notes on the various
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Conceptually‚ the change process starts wit awareness of the need for change. An analysis of this situation and the factors that have created it leads to diagnosis of their constructive characteristics and an indication of the direction in which action needs to be taken. Possible courses of action can then be identified and evaluated and a choice made of the preferred action. It is necessary to decide how to get from here to there. Managing change during this transition state is a critical phase
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foundations of change ‚ approaches‚ models‚ methods and tools 1.1 General definition changes ‚ the concept ‚ the scope of 1.2. Approaches to organizational change 1.3. Models of change management - "Theory E" (hard method changes) and "Theory O" (soft method) - organizational change strategy 1.4. Methods of organizational change 1.4.1. harsh methods 1.4.2 . Soft methods of organizational change 1.4.3 . Integral methods of organizational change 1.5 Reactive and proactive change management introduction
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Managing Change The Nature of Change Change – is any alteration occurring at work or in the work environment that affects the ways in which employees must act.These changes maybe planned or unplanned‚ catastrophic or evolutionary‚ positive or negative‚ strong or weak‚ slow or rapid‚ and stimulated either internally or externally. Regardless of their source‚ nature‚ origin‚ pace‚ or strength‚ changes can have profound effects on their recipients. * Effects are widespread * Change is a human
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Today’s business environment requires organizations to undergo change almost on a daily basis in order to remain competitive. These changes are typically unplanned and gradual. The content or what to change that I identified in my personal case is the shipping method for service parts that are exported to Europe. This particular type of change is referred to as an evolutionary change which is an ongoing‚ evolving process. The process of changing the shipping method for export service parts is with
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help organizations build their capacity to change and to achieve greater effectiveness”. Therefore‚ OD will help organizations understand how people act to change and which change methods can work with the resistance to change that usually occurs in organizations undergoing change. In the study of organizational development‚ it is important to study Organizational Intervention & Change Implementation in order to know how to operate and make use of change methods that seem to be vital in solving any
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Implementing Change HCS/475 Angela Acreman March 9‚ 2015 Linda Hagler-Reid Implementing Change Implementing change in any organization is extremely complicated‚ however having a manager know the role and responsibilities they are to meet could be the difference between success and a failure. It is important that the manager has a plan of action before trying to implement any change. The manager’s role is to evaluate the change that needs to take place‚ produce a line of attack to execute
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Change Initiative George Tautz Grand Canyon University Organizational Development & Change MGT 623 Dr. Kensler March 17‚ 2010 Change Initiative Organizational change is a necessary outcome when considering various scenarios contributing to the resulting vision. Perplexing as it may seem‚ change initiatives don’t always result in positive outcomes. In fact‚ many never succeed. As a change agent‚ one should always have formulated a vision of what change will “look” like for the organization
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Leadership & Organization Development Journal Emerald Article: Resistance to organizational change: the role of cognitive and affective processes Wayne H. Bovey‚ Andy Hede Article information: To cite this document: Wayne H. Bovey‚ Andy Hede‚ (2001)‚"Resistance to organizational change: the role of cognitive and affective processes"‚ Leadership & Organization Development Journal‚ Vol. 22 Iss: 8 pp. 372 - 382 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437730110410099 Downloaded
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