Organizational Change

Organizational change is more frequent than ever before in a global competitive environment. The process that creates organizational changes often leads to resistance, regardless of the logic of the changes. People need to feel like they have some control and input into decisions made concerning how they perform their roles. Ideally, changes are created with input from multiple levels of the organization. While many may agree on this in theory, most management structures and processes do not have room for this. You’ll explore an organizational change in this discussion and critically look at the process.

Reflect on a recent major organizational change you experienced; note, you may use the same organization as in previous discussions and written projects so that you can leverage this week’s discussion for your written assignment.

What was the change/intervention?

How did the change/intervention address a specific organizational problem?

What was the process for creating this change/intervention?

How did the change and/or the change process impact the employees?

How could management have improved the implementation of the change? For example, could management ensure that the implementation process accurately reflects the organizational values?

If these changes were implemented in a global company, how would the implementation strategy change? Why?

The final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your first post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in your initial response.

Your initial posting should be the equivalent of 1- to 2-pages (500 to 1000 words) in length. Justify your answers with examples and reasoning.