The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance, Second Edition

The Social Aspects of Implementing a Change

There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new. . . .

NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI

 

Dealing with change in many organizations has become an everyday challenge. There are constantly new methods, tools, products, and sometimes a meeting of very different cultures as our world becomes smaller. How can we deal with these changes successfully? Not too many years ago, it was common for people to raise an issue about the monotony and sameness of the work world. Many people ...