beyond the company’s expectations, long work hours for non-management employees, and low morale. * During the merger into GameStop there was a lot of resistance from employees all over the country. No one was certain of the changes that were about to happen. Would it be better, or would things be worst. Employees wondering if the changes would include better work hours, benefits, and incentives. All of these concerns were addressed at a worldwide company meeting, back in July of 2000.
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Course Project: Managing Resistance to Change August 24, 2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Organizations initiate change efforts for countless reasons. Failure to properly manage these changes can cause an organization to decline or even fail. Most organizations are faced with ongoing changes due to internal and external pressures. These pressures can lead to strategic changes that affect the entire organization or incremental changes that have a direct impact on a specific area. Given the economy
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(RAV Case Study Organisational Development & Change Word count 3144 (including references) Review and Recommendations– Amalgamation of Rural Ambulance Victoria (RAV) Organisations facing global pressures and rapidly evolving technology have become key drivers in decisions relating to organisational change. Pressure to remain competitive in a global market has resulted in demand and increases in strategic change initiatives across within organisations. These demands
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Executive Summary Change, change, change… the speed within business and industry has increased immensely over time and new products are introduced regularly. The world has changed and will continue to change. Organizations perceive change as very important for its survival and prosperity in today’s most competitive environment and new business challenges. The success and performance superiority of organizations are very much dependent on the ability to align its internal arrangement with the
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Organizational Change management for competitiveness edge in Safaricom Kenya limited Introduction: In today’s uncertain economic climate, many organizations are forced to make changes in order to survive. They are needed to react quickly to the global revolution while at a local and national level have to keep up with new technology and competition if they want to stay ahead of the game. In an ever-changing global economy, Johnson and Scholes (2003) notes that organizations must find
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT – RESISTANCE TO THE CHANGE Tanasoaica Laura-Georgeta Romanian-American University, Faculty of European Economic Studies, Address: EXPOZITIEI BD, No.1B, Sector 1, Bucharest , lauratanasoaica@yahoo.com, Telephone no: 0744.936.182 Changing the way employers operate is hard, but all signs indicate that innovation and transformation are here to stay. Success in the workplace of the future will heavily depend on the ability to anticipate change, understand its impact and apply practical
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in this arena. Examples of such companies include the Lean Enterprise Institute and Productivity, Inc. Next, comprehensive training schedules must be developed to assure that training fully supports the work cell roll-out for lean implementation. Change leaders can be selected on the basis of attributes described earlier, but even with the best raw material, significant training is needed to create knowledgeable employees. Training hours completed throughout the organization is a key metric of lean
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Organizational Readiness for Change: A Case Study on Change Readiness in a Manufacturing Company in Indonesia Managing Partner, The Jakarta Consulting Group Faculty of Economics, Tarumanagara University, Jakarta, Indonesia. Alfonsus B. Susanto ABSTRACT In today’s environment, changes are compulsory for an organization in order to survive and stay competitive. Although, planned change is intended to make the organization more effective and efficient, resistance from members of the organization
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Abstract Resistance to organisational change is seen as one of the impediments to organisational expansion and growth due to its negative repercussions. This study therefore sought to investigate the factors that influence resistance to or- ganisational change at Oti-Yeboah Complex Limited. De- scriptive survey design was adopted to collect information using stratified sampling and self-administered question- naires. Descriptive statistics, bi-variate correlation, regres- sion analysis
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According to Robbins et al (2004:208), most people hate any change that does not jingle in their pockets. This resistance to change is well documented. An individual is likely to resist change for three reasons which are uncertainty, concern over personal loss and the belief that the change is not in the organization’s best interests. The leadership styles also adopted by management may also lead to resistance. According to the Harvard Business Review Magazine of 1969, one of the most baffling and
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