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Nature and types of change
Understanding change
Organisational change involves the alteration of organisational components such as the mission, strategy, goals, strcture, processes, systems, technology and people, to improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the organisation
Often associated with the innovative behaviours
It concerns the adoption of a new idea or behaviour by an organisation
Change is about making things different
Businesses must change to adapt, survive, accomplish goals and grow
Change management concerns managing process, structural, technical, staff and culture change within an organisation
Change management is the process of achieving the smooth implementation of change by planning and introducing it systematically, taking into account the likelihood of it being resisted
Change management initiatives are necessary to organisations to remain competitive in our rapidly evolving business environment
Types of change
Emergent change
A view that organisational change is a continuous process of experimentation and adaption achieved through many small-to-medium sized incremental changes
Planned change
is the result of conscious decisions to effect the change
Emergent changes can arise through management decisions which although not directly intending to creat the change, when combined gradually result in change taking place
Emergent change can also occur due to accommodating for external and internal factors such as the political situation, economy, competitor actions, powerful interest groups and uncertainty
The course of planned change can be influenced by emergent change due to these external and internal factor
Radical change
is associated with a fundamental change to an organisation such as its strategy or structure - it entails a wide divergence from the status quo
Incremental change
typical involves a series of continual progressions maintain an organisation's general equilibrium and only affect one organisational part
Episodic change
is intentional and sporadic and often associated with high magnitude change such as changing the direction of strategy and as such it tends to be planned, radical change
Continuous change
is ongoing, evolving and cumulative - this is the easiest and most common type of change to manage and is associated with incremental adaptions
Transformational change
A fundamental change impacting upon the whole organisation (the leader, mission, strategy and culture)
- eg process, culture and strategy. It is emergent as the end result tends to be too large to visualise, plan and manage with traditional management methodology - strategy may be driven from senior management but the execution will need to be adapted and time unfolds - This form of change requires a fundamental change in the mindsets, behaviours and culture of the organisation and staff
Transactional change
changes to components of the organisation
- does not change the whole organisation but seeks to achieve strategic objectives through adjusting functions, overall duties and specific assignments