A LEARNING-BASED APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: FIVE CASE STUDIES OF GUIDED CHANGE INITIATIVES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Five successful examples of a learning-based approach to organizational change were studied in order to identify some key success factors. All five change initiatives‚ in major manufacturing corporations‚ were guided and supported through the MIT Center for Organizational Learning . Following the change there were dramatic improvements in business results . This article examines
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Most people don’t like change because they don’t like being changed. When change comes into view‚ fear and resistance to change follow. People fight against change because they fear to lose something they value‚ don’t understand the change and its implications don’t think that the change makes sense‚ or find it difficult to cope with either the level or pace of the change. Resistance emerges when there’s a threat to something the individual values. The threat may be real or it may be just a perception
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eyeing a new opportunity tries—and fails—to cram through some sort of major transformation using a change process that worked in the past. But the old ways of setting and implementing strategy are failing us. We can’t keep up with the pace of change‚ let alone get ahead of it. At the same time‚ the stakes— financial‚ social‚ environmental‚ political—are rising. The hierarchical structures and organizational processes we have used for decades to run and improve our enterprises are no longer up to the task
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Resistance to Change Organizational change is the movement of an organization away from its present state and toward some desired future state to increase its effectiveness. (George et al‚ pg 567) Organizations need to change in the modern day market place. New technologies‚ globalization‚ foreign trade‚ investments and constantly shifting marketplaces demand the need for flexibility‚ adaptation‚ and change. The downside to this is in an organizations employees. People by nature resist change. In a workplace
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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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Culture an important part of change management CATEGORY: Change Management Culture an important part of change management 7 CommentsPosted in: Change Management|Tags: Change Management‚ Culture Change‚ Employee Engagement‚ Leadership‚ Performance Management‚ Strategy | By: Torben Rick|March 26‚ 2011 * 240 inShare * * * * * 15 * Email * * * * * * * Email All change in organizations is challenging‚ but perhaps the most daunting
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Contents Table of content……………………………………………..………….1 1.0 Executive Summary………………………………………………...2 2.0 Introduction……………………………………………………..….2 3.0. Nike’s Vision………………………………………………………3 4.0 Organizational Culture……………………………………………3-4 5.0 Organizational Structure and Corporate Responsibility………….4-6 6.0 Organizational Process………………………………………..….6-9. 7.0 Conclusion……………………………………………………….…9 8.0 Reference…………………………………………………………..11 9.0 Appendix……………………………………………………………12 1.0 Executive
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Resistance at organizational change How resistance appears There are various forms of resistance. It is important to know what the reasons and consequences are. What gives strength to resist and where does it come from? Past events Resistance can be the result of bad experience in past events
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Organizational Change – Operational and Strategic Change Hetal Patel Organizational Development - BUS 370 David Amisano 09/29/2014 When an organization decides make changes to business model‚ it looks at process‚ people‚ places‚ and the product. “In today’s business environment‚ with business models in a state of flux just as products and services are‚ it is virtually impossible for organizations to implement their chosen strategies without undertaking the kinds of strategic
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PART ONE Understanding change Perspectives on change The ethics of organizational change Planned change and its critics Strategic change Building and developing competitive advantage 3 39 73 11 1 147 CHAPTER 1 Perspectives on change 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Perspectives on change 1.2.1 Modernity‚ progress‚ and change 1.2.2 Pathways to change 1.3 Structural-functional change: changing structures and functions 1.3.1 An organization is a complex whole 1.3.2 Structural theory 1.4 Multiple constituencies:
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