The Importance Of Organizational Change

Organizational Change

When I think about managing organizational change; I think about everyone from the top-level down to employees doing the work. Organizational change is about adapting and revising business practices to make things perform better in the organization that will have a positive impact on the bottom line. Therefore, organizational change is all about changing and implementing changes in the management structure, business operations, and the company culture in a manner that it will reduce cost, minimize employee resistance, remain competitive for the future, but still deliver results today. It is like Charles Darwin’s quote “it is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive

All people resist change even from the top of the organization down to the level of people doing the work for many reasons, mostly due to the way it alters the company’s culture. For instance, people resist change because of the uncertainty it brings, like fear of losing their jobs, fear of their capabilities, and even outcomes or failures of the past, or to challenge managers in proving the decision is wrong. Even CEOs will resist change if they see no rewards (Tanner, 2017). However, this list could go on, especially with the global economy, the rate of technological growth, change, it is enviable for companies’ survival, and change should not be resisted. Thus, the bottom line is management should expect resistance to change and learn how to manage the resistance, and provide and get feedback from all of those who are involved in identifying the gaps to why the people feel the way they

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