for, and deals with corporate change and growth. CanGo's current approach to projects, as well as their strategy for managing change is very reactive, and seems to be developed on the fly, as the need for change, growth, and additional functionality or systems arises. Being in a reactive mode like this will severely limit CanGo's ability to control the efficiency, and the final outcome of these changes. A perfect example of CanGo's reactive approach to change is their recent realization that
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Change Management and Communication Plan University of Phoenix May 7, 2012 Riordan Manufacturing has a mechanistic organizational structure (Robbins & Judge, 2011). This formal power and political structure dictates the chain of command and flow of power (2011). This top down flow for both chain of command and power creates a need for respect and adherence from the “base level” of the structure. Tasks that require delegation and re-delegation find their end with the production
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the change management process in order to make the require changes happen. When an organization change its processes and working style for adding more value to the organization and its operations known as the change management initiative. The change management initiative can be done in various ways which depends on the manager of the organization. Each and every change management process has its own way of changing the processes and operations of an organization. The images of managing change are
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following statements. * Describe Lewin's change model and the systems model of change, and discuss the external and internal forces that create the need for organizational change. * Discuss Kotter's Eight Steps for Leading Organizational Change. * Discuss the 11 Reasons Employees Resist Change. * Discuss the process organizations use to build their learning capabilities and identify alternative strategies for overcoming resistance to change. Respond to at least two of your fellow
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HR587ON – Managing Organizational Change Professor: John Anderson Table of Contents Executive Summary Page 3 Assessment/Diagnosis Page 4 Analysis of Change Strategy Page 5 Results/Outcomes Page 9 Evaluation of the Effort Page 10 References Page 13 A Transformation in Health Care This diagnostic paper is based on my current experiences in my organization of a significant change initiative. I will be providing a high-level summary of key changes within my current organization,
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organizational development was implemented in organizations via consultants, but was relatively unknown as a theory of practice and had no common definition among its practitioners. Richard Beckhard, an authority on organizational development and change management, defined organizational development as "an effort, planned, organization-wide, and managed from the top, to increase organization effectiveness and health through planned interventions in the organization's processes, using behavioral-science
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Manufacturing has decided to make a change to company’s customermanagement system. The company does not currently have any formalsystem for managing their customer information and has traditionally left thisup to individual employees. This new system will require all employees to useone customer management system. Your team is now working to helpRiordan implement this planned change. Your team must do the following inyour role as consultants:Section I: Change Management PlanResource: Riordan Manufacturing
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0507214854 | Subject Code: MGMT 915 Subject Name: Management of Change Session: Autumn 2012 Table of Contents | | The Concept of Alignment and its Importance | 3 | Models and Different Views to Alignment | 4 | Discussion | 8 | References | 10 | | | The Concept of Alignment and its Importance There is no doubt that ‘alignment’ became more significant now than ever before, due to the recurrent changes occurring to the business environment in terms of technology
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Week 1: Why should companies change? - Lecture Change Management Change Management for the U.S.A. | Using the Course Lectures | Change is a Process and a Decision | Hewlett-Packard | Kodak | Why Companies Change | General Environmental Tutorial | Pressures for Change Matching Interactive | References The theory and practice of change management for organizations encompass a wide breadth of behaviors, perceptions, activities, planning stages, and even political scenarios. As we lead you through
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Running Header: Organizational Change MICHAEL HEDRICK BUS610 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR WEEK# 6 JOSEPHINE CAROLA 03/26/2012 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE 1 INTRODUCTION Organizational Change is when a company or organization goes through a transformation that occurs when business strategies or major sections of the organization are altered. Planned change is an effort to move an organization
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