CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Change Management

Table of Contents

Task 13

Background To Change That Exists In Today's Economy3

Strengths And Weaknesses Of Bureaucratic Organizations4

Strength5

Weakness6

Alternative Forms Of Organisational Development6

Task 28

Develop Systems To Involve Appropriate Stakeholders In The Introduction Of Change8

Analyse And Evaluate These Systems9

Task 311

The Nature of Change11

Why Change can be Problematic14

Effective Change Management Methods17

Plan The Implementation Process And Outcomes19

References21

Change Management

Task 1

Background To Change That Exists In Today's Economy

Today's economy has changed a great deal during the past year alone. Unemployment is up, and people are changing their spending habits in order to adjust and survive this difficult time. These factors are known to cause a lot of stress for us all individually and our society as a whole. Both the Iron Age and the Transportation/Communication industries had great impacts, but they weren't the only ones. Cotton textiles made a huge leap forward with the production of John Kay's flying shuttle. This allowed weavers to produce double the output of previous production rates. Steam power was also a very much-welcomed addition to the industry. Once the price of engines and fuel started to drop, entrepreneurs began to use them and expansion became very rapid. These advances in technology would not only change the way materials were produced, but also the ways people or resources could be transported.

Finance also experienced a big change. From the spread of factories and the extensive application of machinery in agriculture to the expansion of mining and construction in cities, enormous capital was required for investment. Railroad and steamship lines were often so expensive that only governments could finance them. Large capital investments were also needed to fund the steel industry.

Banking, however, was very risky business in the nineteenth century. Dozens of banks failed in every financial crisis. Another factor that experienced a very large change was urbanization. Classical civilization had been urban, and medieval cities had been the centers of commerce and government. Yet in the nineteenth century, cities became places of industry, growing in population and size. Before 1800, about 20 percent of the English population lived in cities; however, halfway through the 1800's, 52 percent lived in cities. Most of this growth seemed to spring up overnight. Unlike the capital cities of the time, industrial cities in England grew rapidly, without planning or much regulation. In the rest of Europe, where industrialization came later, states were more willing to regulate industrial and urban development. They also established a bureaucracy for planning and regulation. With such advances as dams, canals, roads, railroads, cities, and factories, the very geography of the world changed. Talent or income then judged people, rather than whom their parents were.

Strengths And Weaknesses Of Bureaucratic Organizations

Bureaucratic organizations today run with different types of supervision over all employees. Most have their administration and their board of directors at the top that make most important decisions for the company. Then they have the supervisors for all of the different departments within the company. Then some companies have people that are called team leaders that watch over the employees in ...