Change Management

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In this article, the writer notes that change is essential to an organization. It ensures that an organization remains continually competitive in the market in which it competes. The writer points out that change is the one certainty of any system--for individuals as well as organizations. A system that is more open to change and, consequently improvements is more likely to survive than an organization that refuses to do so. The writer supports the claim that the biggest challenge in any planned change is managing the overall dynamics of the change rather than the individual pieces.

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"Often, in planned change management processes, focus is emphasized on the objective of the change and the final goal of the change. In reality however, change can affect different departments disproportionately. As such, during the process, management and change agents can get focused on the new challenge and forget the big picture of the change. Change that requires a longer period of time might be adversely affected by the additional attention that might be required in one specific area of the change or department. The nature and duration of the change process also impacts how change is accepted. Both groups and individuals accept change more willingly when it is gradual and positive effects of the change process is observed after every small action."

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