The Big Idea HOW HOW THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES CAPITALIZE ON TODAY’S RAPID RAPID FIRE STRATEGIC CHALLENGES AND AND STILL MAKE THEIR NUMBERS. BY BY JOHN P. KOTTER PHOTOGRAPHY: GETTY IMAGES HBR.ORG November 2012 Harvard Business Review 45 THE BIG IDEA ACCELERATE! Perhaps the greatest challenge business leaders face today is how to stay competitive amid constant turbulence and disruption. Any company that has made it past the start-up stage is optimized for e ciency rather than for strategic
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MBA –H4010 Organisational Development And Change ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE UNIT – I LEARNING OBJECTIVES The student is expected to learn the following concepts after going through this unit. 1. Change 3. Planned Change 5. Unplanned Change 2. 4. 6. Stimulating Forces Change Agents Lewin’s Three Step Model The change means the alteration of status quo or making things different. It may refer to any alteration which occurs in the overall work environment of an organization
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Contents Introduction-The need for change .................................................................................................................................... 2 1. Resistance to change ............................................................................................................................................ 2 2. OD Practioners ...............................................................................................................................
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1.8 Change and the Management of Change Change Management Planning‚ Implementing‚ controlling‚ and reviewing the movement of an organization from its current state to a new one Causes of Change External Incremental (Evolutionary) • Occurs slowly over time (fuel-efficient cars) Dramatic (Revolutionary) • Can cause many problems especially if unexpected • Might lead to total rethink of operation of organization o Business Process Re-Engineering Business Process Re-Engineering Fundamentally
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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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Dealing with Change I have been set a task which is a short piece of writing which concerns a ‘big change’ within my life. The ‘big change’ which I have decided to focus on is the change to university life. In more detail‚ I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to cope with the amount of work and exams within my business course. The way in which I dealt with this change at the start of my university experience is that by attending every lecture and workshop helped me widen my knowledge due to
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Leading Change Introduction By definition‚ change means transformation‚ modification or variation. Change entails the introduction of new ideas and or ways of doing things in the organization. Mathis and Jackson argue that planning and the implementation of the same previous plans‚ is also a crucial ingredient to leading change (36; ch. 2). Change is also a shift to a new game with a new set of rules - an alteration of the status quo in an organization that impacts the work environment of
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT MID TERM NOTES CHAPTER 1- Patterns of change and their implications for change management Theories Relating to Patterns of Change: 1. Gradualist Paradigm o Posits that an organization changes and develops through a continuous process of incremental adjustment (ideal) • Accumulate over time to ensure that the organization is always aligns with its external environment 2. Punctuated Equilibrium o Most organizations experience change as a discontinuous process often referred
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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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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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