If strategic change is important to organisational survival, why do people find it difficult to accept? - What are the consequences of this change progress.

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If strategic change is important to organisational survival, why do people find it difficult to accept?  – What are the consequences of this change progress.

Introduction.

Over the last twenty years or so there has been a remarkable change in structures and culture of organisations in the United Kingdom and worldwide industry.  This assignment will look at change in relation to how it is implemented in organisations.  What are the problems with change and why is it difficult to accept, showing why it is important for stability to an organisation and try to appreciate the effect on the workforce.  First the researcher wishes to look at the ‘quality of working life survey’ (1997) about statistics on managers.  According to the survey:

  • 82% of managers work more than their contract hours.
  • 41% always or often over 50 per week
  • 61% have undergone major restrictions in the past months.

So the researcher believes that the manager of an organisation does have a lot of pressure to deal with within an organisation without dealing with difficult situations concerning change with in an organisation.  This is because change can lead to increased insecurity, lowering morale, and the erosion of motivation and loyalty.

So what is change?

Well alter, make, or become different, put or give for another exchange.  (Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus).  ‘Change is everywhere, the reality of yesterday proves wrong today, and nobody really knows what will be the truth tomorrow.  Social, political and economic change has become so fast that most people feel that they do not have any influence.’  (Morgan 1999)  Change is necessary for survival; it requires a direction of action.  Changing an organisation is the process of modifying an existing organisation to increase organisational effectiveness.  In today's business world, change is an inevitable quality no matter whether what kind of organisation is in the computer and Information technology industry or a restuaurt business.  It is seen as a development of nature of change.  Managing change adopts a processual approach to change.

What is Strategy? 

In the words of Johnson and Scholes. “Strategy is the direction and scope of an organisation over the long term: which achieves advantages for the organisation through its configuration of resources with a changing environment, to meet the needs of markets and to fulfil stakeholder exceptions”.

 

Why is it needed?

If an organisation is to be successful it must change continually in response to signfigent developments such as customer needs, technological breakthrough and government regulations.  Change is a major part of working life if an organisation if an organisation is to survive, grow and maintain prosperous.  The researcher suggests that the organisation must be able to adapt to the environment since, these demands are continually changing so organisations must change.  Change may be imposed on a company, in other ways change may immediately place the organisation in a more advantageous position  - i.e.: maybe the leader in development of new and better production process.  It could also lead to an organisation in a less advantageous position e.g. a major section of activities may decline.

In cases it is whether affects way in which organisations react and manages change such change is imposed or internally driven.  Organisational change has been hard to identify, “Change is so broad that it could be taken to embrace in business” (Gabriel 1998).

Every manager will in some time have the task of change in order for his or her business organisation to be more flexible and innovative.  ‘Because change is such a fundamental and necessary part of organisational existence, managers who can successfully implement can be very important in any kind of orgaisation.’  (Morgan 1999).

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The researcher suggests that both good leadership and good management are an essential to successful organisational growth and development if an organisation has any chance of surviving and competing in the business world today.

Leadership can be viewed as the macro-organisational policies that define an organisation’s vision of change, the transformation strategy, and the evaluation and redefinition of change.

Management can be defined as the organisational policies that involve the implementation of change including such as, for example, human resource training programs, new hiring, and incentives and motivation policies.

Good leadership is important ...

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