Change Management

MBA 6113Unit 2The nature of organizational change

Types of Change• Direct parallels to types of innovation experienced• Incremental/Sustaining• Radical/Disruptive

• Scope of Change• Convergent• Radical

• Pace of Change• Continuous• Episodic

Dimensions of Change

• Driver – instability or inertia• Form – adaptation or replacement• Nature – emergent or intended (planned)• Feedback – negative or positive• System connectedness – loose or tight

Change Summary Grid

Frame-breaking (discontinuous) Change • Need stems from• Industry discontinuities• Shifts in the product life cycle• Organizational Dynamics

• Requires• Reformed mission and core values• Altered power and status• Reorganization• Modified Processes• New leadership

Frame-breaking (discontinuous) Change • Seeking synergy quickly• Overcoming pockets of resistance• Address a long-overdue need for change• Address riskiness and uncertainty

Organizational Life Cycle

• Entrepreneurial Stage• Collective Stage• Formalization Stage• Elaboration Stage

Organizational Life Cycle