GLOBAL COLLEGE MALTA
BACHELOR IN MANANGEMMENT
Module Title
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Assessment Type: Continuous Assignment
Assessment Method: Individual Assignment
Word count: 1,814
Submission Deadline: 29 July 2014
Date submitted: 29 July 2014
Lecturer: Andrew Saliba
Student Name: Judit Matyas
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Strategic Change within Organisational Culture at Hay Management Consultants
Strategic change is inevitable and essential for a business, in order to adapt to its ever changing market environment and sustain its success within it. While strategic planning of change follows normative models of management, it takes place within the context of the unique social environment and beliefs of the organisation. Therefore the key element found influencing strategic development and management of change is the social and cultural characteristics of the organisation- its organisational culture, defined as the distinctive environment rooted in the set of shared values, visions and norms of employees and managers.
The organisational culture, as a set of shared assumptions and values is encompassed within the Cultural Web; a model which portrays the internal characteristics of the company and is used to determine and analyse and all its key elements. Knowing the organisational culture’s significant influence on the adaptation to organisational change, the Cultural Web developed and adapted by Johnson and Scholes (1999) is used in order to find the most appropriate and proficient strategic method for implementing change and new direction.
Figure 1: The Cultural Web developed by Johnson and Scholes (1999).
The Cultural Web Elements

The diagnostic tool, Cultural Web is constructed of seven categories, each of which, like a web is interlinked and entwined into the core paradigm and nature of the organisation.
The main ‘Paradigm’