Change Management in Modern Organizations

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.

The paper presents a critical review of popular change management strategies and models used in the organizations. Change management is a continuous process and it requires a sound vision, plan, time, skills, motivation, financial and programmatic efforts to implement the change. Effective change management is an investment and contributes in organizational development. There are several strategies and models for managing the change in an organization. Selecting an appropriate strategy of change management is vital for a successful and smooth transition.

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...

It can be argued that the successful management of change is crucial to any organisation in order to survive and succeed in the present highly competitive and continuously evolving business environment. However, theories and approaches to change management currently available to academics and practitioners are often contradictory, mostly lacking empirical evidence and supported by unchallenged hypotheses concerning the nature of contemporary organisational change management. The purpose of this article is, therefore, to provide a critical review of some of the main theories and approaches to organisational change management as an important first step towards constructing a new framework for managing change. The article concludes with recommendations for further research.

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 ...

University of Bolton, UK, 2021

Society is increasingly characterized by the international exchange of information, technologies as well as the creation of goods and services. All these characteristics arise from the evolution of an organization or a business. Change could be defined as one of the few constants of recorded events over the centuries. Management and change are synonymous. It is about the evaluation, the planning but also the implementation of the strategy and the business projects. Change management, in essence, determines the evolution of the business or a company daily. It concerns the achievement of an optimal route planning from the starting point to the end of the route, ie the fulfillment of the goal. Change includes the creation of new possibilities, such as new attitudes, new policies, new standards, new methodologies. It seeks the best adaptation to the environment. For better control, special management techniques are required. The goal of change management is the internal application. Globalization, technology, and climate change are changes that affect a business. Change Management in the case of an organization, can be caused by both internal and external factors. But for change to take place, it requires the active support of employees, that is, people who have a vision, ideas, personality, feelings, experiences and needs. Human resources, culture and structure are three basic principles for a business to function properly.

Employment Relations Today, 2014

2016

Change has become part of anyone’s lives as well as corporate existence. Most organizations faced with urgency of change in their daily operations however; their views on change differs. The main trust of this study is to critically evaluate the impact of change and change management in achieving corporate goals and objectives in the viewpoint of the organization. Specifically, it tackles on factors that causes the change that can either be internal or external factors; determine the types of change and organizational change; examine the positive and negative consequences of change. Moreover, it will shed light on the concepts and application of change management with the aid of the different change models; discuss in details how to implement an effective change management and the potential benefits that change management can offer to the organization. Any effort to change may face resistance so organizations should mechanize ways to minimize the resistance level, hence promotes a s...

Business Strategy Review, 2003

The seven myths of change management

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.