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Chapter 10
Types and Forms
of Organizational
Change
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What is Organizational
Change?
Organizational change: the process
by which organizations move from their
present state to some desired future
state to increase their effectiveness
Human resources
Functional resources
Technological capabilities
Organizational capabilities
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Targets of Change
Human Resource changes include:
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Targets of Change
Functional Resources changes
Include:
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Targets of Change
Technological capabilities changes
include:
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Targets of Change
Organizational capabilities
changes include:
Changing strategy
Changes that permeate entire
organization
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Levin's Force-Field
Theory of Change
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Types of Change in
Organizations
Evolutionary change: change
that is gradual, incremental, and
narrowly focused
Revolutionary change:
change that is sudden, drastic,
and broadly focused
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Developments in
Evolutionary Change
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Developments in
Revolutionary Change
Reengineering: the process by which
managers redesign how tasks are
bundled into roles and functions to
improve organizational effectiveness
Developments in
Revolutionary
Change
Restructuring: changing task and authority
relationships and redesigning organizational
(cont.)
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Managing Change:
Action Research
Action research: a
strategy for
generating and
acquiring knowledge
that managers can
use to define an
organizations desired
future state
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Organizational Development
(OD)
Organizational development
(OD): a series of techniques and
methods that managers can use in
their action research program to
increase the adaptability of their
organization
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Organizational
Development
(cont.)
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Organizational
Development (cont.)
OD techniques to promote
change
Counseling, Sensitivity training,
and Process consultation
Team building, Intergroup training,
and Organizational mirroring
Total organizational interventions
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