Management and Organizational Change

AnV publication , 2017

Organizational change is an essential concept to understand in our complex world. It is both the process in which an organization changes its structure, strategies, operational methods, technologies, or organizational culture to affect change within the organization and the effects of these changes on the organization. Organizational change can be continuous or occur for distinct periods of time. A systematic approach to Organizational Change Management is beneficial when change requires people throughout an organization to learn new behaviors and skills. By formally setting expectations, employing tools to improve communication and proactively seeking ways to reduce misinformation, stakeholders are more likely to buy into a change initially and remain committed to the change throughout any discomfort associated with it.

International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences

This study was conducted to determine the most studied topics which studied in organizational change management and pave the way the future research in organizational change. For this purpose, first of all, concept of organizational change is explained by theoretical view. Then, the studies which were conducted before 2000 and after 2000 to today were examined in dimension of content, context, process and outcome. As a result, Theories of change, leadership and change, organizational change in multinational company, organizational culture and change, employees' behaviour, information technology and organizational development strategies are the most studied topics of organizational change literature. Also we stressed that leadership and technological change are the most studied topics especially after 2000, and non-linear changing approaches because of the fact that uncertainty and chaos in nowadays.

2017

Organizational change is a fact of life; it involves changes of organizations’ mission, vision and/or processes, with impact at both individual and organization level. Some organizations accept changes if they consider them as necessary and quickly adapt their behaviour in a desire new direction but in most cases changes are considered unnecessary or very difficult and organizations do not adapt to the new context defined by the turbulent environment in which they operates. Considering these, the goal of the present research is to provide an overview on organizational change processes by considering the operation level and different approaches described in the literature. In the first part of the article there will be described how organizations operate and are interconnected based on Morgan's organizational metaphors. This will clarify aspects related to organizations’ behaviour and will point out the advantages and limitations of different actions’ options. In the second part ...

Information and Knowledge Management, 2014

Leadership seems to be the chief factor which aligns and coordinates with the organizational processes. Leadership of the organization is linked with the functioning and performance of the organization and it reflect how effective they are in achieving their desirable outcomes, (Lewis, Packard, and Lewis, 2007). Leadership styles, traits, approaches and strategies are the starting point of the change process. It goes to the large extent in affecting the management capacity by designing different systems in the organization

Leadership has in change management a vital tool to keep success of the firm in the market. Some objectives of change management are reducing risk, reducing costs, and increase benefits through managing the process of change in firm structures, business processes, information technology, and job assignments. The culture of the organization is critical to share knowledge, experiences, and abilities ensuring that talents for innovation are present, and firm change is the first recommendation to understand a culture of innovation to generate new solutions, and transform new ideas into products to satisfy clients in the market.

2021

Business are facing new threats or opportunities due to globalization, changes in costumers demands, new technologies, new expectations from society. Business change to stay competitive and to survive. It is very important to find the proper change and to manage it effectively. Many researchers, (Lewin, 1951; Kotter, 1996; Peddle et al., 1998; Paton and McCalman, 2000), have developed change models which describe important stages involved in effective change management process. Organizational change can be planned or unplanned. Organizations may change their products, structure, strategy or people. Although, what type of change an organization is undertaking, it had been argued that organizational change will fail without effective communication, appropriate leadership, employee commitment and readiness to change. Managers, know that a change to be successful needs to be managed effectively.<br><br>There are many factors that create effective change management. In this p...

STUDIES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES. ECONOMICS EDITION

Change is a factor of strong impact especially on the managerial functions related to coordination and training of resources. Change Management has a broad spectrum of interpretations, referring to several types of changes, but is generally used in the management<br />processes, in strategic management and the management of information, including the electronic function of information. Human Resources Change Management can be reactive or proactive, in the latter case the conditions for initiating changes that are part of the strategic objectives of the organization.

South Asian research journal of humanities and social sciences, 2023

This paper theoretically evaluated leadership and management of change in organizations, realizing that change management is a continuous method used in transitioning social, organizational, and psychological change of employees. The review focused on the change management processes that address leaders' and employees' attitudes and how change management is created, as a catalyst for possible changes in an organization. The purpose of change management is ultimately to make use of initiatives and ensure that every employee in an organization is willing and ready to switch over to an anticipated new role in the organization. This current study evaluated the relationship between evaluated management of change in organizational leadership, change, and organization, management of change, the importance of change management, and principles of change management, other areas visited are types of organizational change, popular models for managing change, overcoming resistance to change, challenges of change management, how change management are created viz-à-viz ideas, thoughts, feelings, plans, habits, commitment, lifestyle, and change. The review concluded that consistently and effectively navigating change requires strong leadership because, in the end, it is the employees who will execute the new strategy in their day-today work lives. Leaders must be able to inspire people through a strong vision, define the strategy, communicate effectively, support their employees, and maintain the energy and commitment to change through to completion. The study recommends amongst others that organizational leaders should not undermine the power of ideas in their move toward change management, and should not underestimate thoughts, feelings, plans, and habits as an essential component of the change management process.

2005

Abstract Scholars hold different views about whether organizations consist of things or processes and about variance or process methods for conducting research. By combining these two dimensions, we develop a typology of four approaches for studying organizational change. Although the four approaches may be viewed as opposing or competing views, we see them as being complementary. Each approach focuses on different questions and provides a different—but partial—understanding of organizational change.

Change has become a constant phenomenon which must be managed properly for an organization to survive. Knowledge and awareness about many of the critical issues involved in the management of such change is often lacking.