Change Management

Managers of Organizations Outline Thesis: Managers of organizations today face a demand for change in their organizations if only because change is so pervasive in the world around them. I. ASSUMPTIONS II. CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE A. Widespread felt need. B. Leadership C. Trust D. Resources 1. Funds 2. Expertise E. Positive organizational history III. DIMENSIONS OF THE CHANGE PROCESS A. Relative advantage of proposed change B. Impact on social relationships of a proposed change C. Magnitude of …

…may reduce the tendency to revert back to previous equilibrium. 1. Both the formal and informal organization of an institution must be considered in the planning of change. Besides the formal structure, every social system has a network of cliques and informal grouping. These informal associations often exert such strong restraining influences on changes initiated by management that, unless their power can be harnessed in support of the change, no enduring change is likely to occur.