QUOTATION 58
MICHAEL HAMMER AND JAMES CHAMPY ON WHY TOO MUCH CHANGE CAN KILL AN ORGANISATION
Use this as a reality check as to how much change you and your staff can handle.
Michael Hammer and James Champy, authors of Re-engineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution (2004) suggest that:
An organisation becomes bewildered rather than energised when it’s asked to do too much at once.
Michael Hammer and James Champy
The change management business really got underway during the 1990s and remains with us today. Unfortunately, many changes are implemented not because they are required but because the manager wants to be seen doing something or to enhance their CV (see Quotation 11).
WHAT TO DO
- Never be afraid to implement ...
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