Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u 1 Be able to understand the forces for change in an organisation PAGEREF _Toc397341613 \h 3CHANGE MANAGEMENT PAGEREF _Toc397341614 \h 3Task 1 PAGEREF _Toc397341615 \h 41.1 Determine the organisation’s position in the sector and market within which it operates PAGEREF _Toc397341616 \h 41.2 Identify an opportunity for change‚ in support of the organisation’s objectives PAGEREF _Toc397341617 \h 41.3 Discuss a model or method to identify a change process and the communication
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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 Resistance to Change Against better judgment‚ moral correctness‚ or just plain logic‚ it is in human nature to resist change. Throughout history it has been shown that there will always be a great deal of resistance to change‚ even if that change may be positive. Sometimes to resist is not voluntarily chosen‚ and varying levels of resistance can depend on the subject. There are times in everybody’s lives where they resist due to personal reasoning; the way they were raised‚ culture‚ and tradition
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1.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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lifetime which is until that person end up the careers. Most of the situations‚ people do not just referring to one position only but often looking for another jobs which composed of the jobs held‚ titles earned and work accomplished over a long period of time. There is an increasing trend to employees changing jobs more frequently‚ while employees in some cultures and economies stay with one job during their career. For example‚ an individual’s career could involve being an engineer‚ though the individual
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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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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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Chapter 2 Images of Managing Change Learning Objectives • • • • • Understand the importance of organizational images and mental models. Identify different images of managing and of change outcomes. Outline six different images of managing change. Identify the theoretical underpinnings of these six change management images. Understand the practical implications of the six images and how to use them. Images of Managing Change Images of Managing Change ◦ Top-down view of
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Change management theory. Change management process. Implementing a change within an organization can be a very challenging process even for top management. In order for the change to be successful it might need the cooperation of tens even hundreds of managers . The resistance to change can be considerable while the manager is trying to finalize the change the company will continue serving it’s clients. Sometimes the resistance to change can be so strong that the initiator of the change is
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Review Questions 1.8 1. What is meant by ‘change management’? Change management refers to processes and techniques used to plan‚ implement and evaluate changes in business operations in order to achieve a required objective 2. List four factors that cause change within the organisation. There are six main factors that will influence change: * Customers demand better quality products at competitive prices. Customers may also change their habits and tastes‚ such as the desire to purchase
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