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more organic approach what does the market require. This could be driven
by changes in demography or economic changes. Strategies may have
changed to meet new emergent markets, such as the East European labour
market or growth into the BRIC countries. Or it may be that the change
occurs because of changes in the product life cycle may mean a need to
introduce now areas of growth or other products and services may be in
decline.
2) You need to consider systems for understanding and involving others in the
process. Some of the following techniques could be used to analyse the
people involved:
Stakeholder analysis
Cultural Webs
Different methods of communication
Management styles like tells/consults, and readiness to listen
Organisational development models what structures does it have for
developing itself such as the management of ideas.
Does the organisation have any element of being a learning organisation
Finally were the staff managed? Did they have any involvement or
ownership of the decision making and implementation? Was there
enough consultation and did the organisation use their expert power? In
the implementation were the staff sufficiently empowered to deliver
the change?
The analysis could reflect on whether there was enough structure to the
change and whether they considered any resistance to the change by using
Lewins models. Also did it consider the whether the organisation was suited
to supporting the change using the Nadler and Tushman model.
Was there a vision of what the benefits of the change would be? Was there
a clear plan - or was progress in the form of unplanned steps and
consequences?
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Outcomes
1.Explorethebackgroundto
changeaffectingthecurrent
organisation
2.Developsystemsfor
understandingandinvolving
othersintheprocessofchange
3.Plantoimplementmodelsfor
ensuringongoingchange
Assessmentcriteriaforapass
Toachieveapassineachoutcomethe
assignmentmustdemonstratetheability
to:
Discussthebackgroundto
changethatexistsintodays
economy
Evaluatethestrengthsand
weaknessesofbureaucratic
organisations
Comparealternativeformsof
organisationaldevelopment
Developsystemstoinvolve
appropriatestakeholdersinthe
introductionofchange
Analyseandevaluatethese
systems
Developandadaptappropriate
modelsforchange
Planandimplementprocess
andoutcomes
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from other similar projects, business case / cost justification, and how the
project will impact other areas or projects.
2) Necessary resources
Were budgets and costs sufficiently analysed in conjunction with the change
you have examined? What about levels of, and efficiency of, resources
skills, time, staff, cash flow, and equipment. Was there sufficient training?
What about workforce planning availability of staff now and in the future?
Was there a resource profile done for the project. Are resources for
multiple projects planned in a bigger picture view?
3) Implementation of the product, service or process and the measures for
monitoring and evaluating success.
This section reviews all the key project management techniques. Your
answer should review whether they were included, and if they were how
well were they used? You need to recommend how you could relate and use
these project management techniques to better manage the change you
have described. The project management techniques that you could use
are,
The likely lifecycle of the project and any added value it may bring
Risk analysis
HR factors how or if a team was set up for the project and how this was
done.
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