Also the report will include a case about organizational change. Discussion Definition and Triggers Definition of change management is (Fincham and Rhodes): the leadership and direction of the process of organizational transformation – especially with regard to human aspects and overcoming resistance to change And here is a list of reasons or as we say triggers why the organizations need change (CIPD) (Patrick Dawson, 2003): • Government laws and regulations (legislations on discriminations, national policies, etc) • Globalization of markets and the internationalization of business • Major political and social events (European uptake euro and ongoing tension between countries) • Advances in technology (new technology was introduce and some organizations need to cope with) • Organizational growth and expansion • Fluctuation in business cycle (changes in the level of economic activity both with national economies and within major trading blocks) • Customer pressure, particularly shifting markets • To learn new organization behavior and skills The resistance to change There had always been resistance to change...
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Many people are afraid of change, as we can see from the definition of resistance to change (Changing Minds.org): Resistance to change is the action taken by individuals and groups when they perceive that a change that is occurring as a threat to them. Change in this particular circumstance may not be a threat, and here is a list of reasons of why people resist of changes (uwm...
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Mc Kinsey So, the model can be used to help identify what needs to be realigned to improve performance, or to maintain alignment (and performance) during other types of change...	2 / 331
7 s Framework This is illustrated by the model also being termed as the "Managerial Molecule". While the authors thought that other variables existed within complex organisations, the variables represented in the model were considered to be of crucial importance to managers and practitioners (Peters and Waterman, 1982)...	8 / 2074
Mckensy It deals with essentially three questions 1) where the organisation is at this moment in time, 2) where the organisation | | |wants to be in a particular length of time and 3) how to get there...	8 / 1965
7S framework However, these soft elements are as important as the hard elements if the organization is going to be successful. The way the model is presented in Figure 1 below depicts the interdependency of the elements and indicates how a change in one affects all the others...	6 / 1505