Organisational Change

Summary

• This chapter elaborates on the importance of systematic approaches for sustainable change in the organisation.
• The three basic definitions of change management are the task of managing change, the area of professional practice, and the body of knowledge.
• In the strategic management of change, five basic functions are identified as
  1. Environmental analysis
  2. Establishing organisational direction
  3. Formulating organisational strategy
  4. Implementing organisational strategy
  5. Strategic control.
• In the sequential process of change, eight stages are identified: 1-Initiation, 2-Motivation, 3-Diagnosis, 4-Information collection, 5-Deliberation, 6-Action proposal, 7-Implementation, 8-Stabilisation.
• The change process is identified as problem-finding ...