18 MANAGING CHANGE Chapter Scan Organizations have to keep pace with current issues related to quality‚ technology‚ diversity‚ globalization‚ and ethics. This requires managing both change and resistance to change. All organizations experience external and internal forces for change. There are numerous organization development interventions available to managers. Diagnosis and needs analysis are essential first steps in any change management effort. LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading
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Throughout the course of life evolution has taken its place on plants and animals. One of the greatest evolutionary changes was the transition of life in water‚ to the transition to life on land. As you can imagine‚ both organisms had challenges moving from this single cellular water environment to a multi-cellular land environment. While the change was difficult‚ this new environment would help organisms flourish in life‚ giving them the ability to reproduce more freely‚ and eat with less competition
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INNOVATION AND CHANGE 31 A. Define creativity. Explain its relationship to organizational innovation. B. Briefly describe the typical pattern of technology cycles that occurs during technological innovation. C. What are innovation streams? Describe a typical innovation stream. D. How are technology cycles and innovation streams related? E. What are creative work environments? What does a manager need to do to develop and manage creative work environments? Provide examples. INNOVATION
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Organizational Change THE TECHTRON COMPUTERS "WANT TO SURVIVE‚ GO PUBLIC‚ AND THEN WHAT?" CASE Investors (venture capitalists) knew the potential was good for Techtron Computers to challenge the dominant players in the high-speed computing market. They also knew the types of computers Techtron hoped to bring to market were a long shot for success even with their significant financial investment. The four founders of Techtron all had come from large international corporations known for their high-speed
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the religious and governmental institutions and an increase in critical thinking and self-reliance among citizens which would lead to a shift in the balance of who controlled the world. (Lectures‚ Enlightenment) (Textbook‚ Chapters 16 & 17) A direct result of the Enlightenment was its destabilization of the French populace’s trust and loyalty in their long-standing absolute monarchy‚ which‚ combined with many other problems the country was facing‚ would inspire them to take control in the French Revolution
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Causes of Organizational Change This is a time of unprecedented change in our society. The changes one experiences are happening at faster and faster rates. As examples‚ the telephone‚ radio‚ TV‚ and microwave weren’t even in use decades ago‚ and today these gadgets are commonplace‚ along with the computer‚ Internet‚ and fax machine. In just a few months‚ the technology that an organization uses on an everyday basis may be outdated and replaced. That means an organization needs to be responsive to
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Identify three drivers of change in organizations today and its impact on the organizations need for an effective change management process. Today’s business environment requires continuous improvement of its business processes that affect productivity and profitability. This in return requires organizations to be open to and ready for change. In all companies regardless of industry‚ there are three organizational elements that both drive change and also is affected by change. They include processes
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|ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND STRESS MANAGEMENT | LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Describe forces that act as stimulants to change. 2. Summarize sources of individual and organizational resistance to change. 3. Describe Lewin’s three-step change model. 4. Explain the values underlying most OD efforts 5. Identify properties of innovative
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Change Management: Defining change management It is important to note what change management is and what change management is not‚ as defined by the majority of research participants. Change management is not a stand-alone process for designing a business solution. Change management is the processes‚ tools and techniques for managing the people-side of change. Change management is not a process improvement method. Change management is a method for reducing and managing resistance to change
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Case Study: Change at Dupont Abstract Plant Manager‚ Tom Harris greeted everyone by name when he walked through the plant and as far as one could tell‚ it seemed to be business as usual at DuPont. Most recently‚ Orion‚ a DuPont manufacturing operation had been closed‚ the equipment dismantled and sent to China‚ but there were no particular concerns regarding this change. When Tom contacted the University of Virginia‚ he was not looking to solve any particular problem; rather he sought to gather
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