Organisational Change

8.1 INTRODUCTION

Organisations are complex systems comprising many sub-systems which must work together synchronously and in harmony. The fact that there are a number of variables that affect sub-systems and that the sub-systems themselves interact with each other makes the system even more complicated. Adding to the complication is the dynamic nature of the environment in which the organisation exists and the rapidly changing values of the variables affecting the system. Accordingly, management must be prepared to achieve a degree of organisational synthesis as well as change in the organisational environment to accommodate the change in the conditions. This organisational change must be pre-planned and not be a haphazard one. Harold Rush has ...