The success and performance advantage of organizations are very much reliant on its ability to align its internal arrangement with the demand of external world. The majority of organizations are faced with ongoing changes due to internal and external pressures. These pressures can lead to strategic changes that affect the entire organization or incremental changes that have a direct impact on a specific area. The economy today, organizations must continually examine their external business environment to maintain their competitive advantage by making internal adjustments. Introduction Managing employees’ resistance towards organizational change is one of the key problems to successful change.
The reason for this variety is that an organization's structure can make a real difference to the way it performs. That's why some companies achieve success through strict controls and systems, but others that try to duplicate that structure may suffer terrible results. It's also why a start-up company has to evolve its structure over time as it grows, and as its strategy and its environment change. Successful organizations are those that have figured out the best way to integrate and coordinate key internal and external elements. And they understand the importance of reviewing and redesigning their structures on an ongoing basis.
How does a leader, lead through change? In today’s world of highly competitive business, change is occurring frequently and organisations need to keep themselves up-to-date with change in order to meet the needs of customers, new developments in technology, globalisation and economic conditions. Managers ought to possess the right skills and abilities to effectively lead the employees and the organisation through a successful change. Kurt Lewin formulated a 3-stage process to assist managers in Leading Change Effectively called the Force Field Analysis Model used in the planning and implement of change and overcoming resistance. The Force Field Analysis Model classifies and analyses factors in order to display all forces reacting to the desired change and to enable the ability to make decisions that will make change acceptable and effective.
Organization and Management Issues The first issue this author will address is conflict in the workplace. More and more various types of conflict seems to be appearing within the workforce. Some conflict can be between co-workers, others between workers and management. This paper will focus primarily on co-worker conflict and how management can lead their employees into better relationships and motivate them to work towards a common goal. Secondly, change in the workplace will be discussed.
Course: Graduate Diploma (Cohort 2) Topic: Briefly discuss the importance of teamwork in the workplace today. Discuss key problems which teams may face and evaluate possible solutions to these problems. Bailey, S (2011) stated that team-work is very important because it is a required skill for job applicants and it helps individuals achieve greater goals whilst working in a team. However, exist of problems within a group is possible and may negatively affect the outcome of team-working once a group is not formed and run properly. This essay focuses on solving some main problems which teams possibly encounter in workplace.
The main reason for the appointment is that departmental productivity (outputs) has not been meeting the organization's expectations and with this, different problems in team were identified. Therefore, I have the opportunity to suggest strategies or the steps that may help in developing a competent team. Every workplace setting expects the quality performance coming from the contributions of the individuals. However, the idea of teamwork as an excellent way in increasing the performance became one of the trends or strategies to maximize the capability of the organization. It is also part of the strategic and scientific approach of the organizations that can be traced back from the traditional type of organizations up until the present or modern-type of organization.
Change in the organization is a complex matter to deal with due to inner resistance joined with improbability on the part of the organization (Paton & McCalman, 2008). There are different change management models that can be made the most of by the organization while implementing new behaviors and technology. Organizational Management Organizational management is the process of preparation, sorting out—organizing, leading and managing the labors and efforts of organization members and resources to attain stated organizational goals (Durand, 2006). Large and small, decisions are required to be made each day, and for an organization to be prosperous, its managers should be able to continually solve problems and make decisions that
I think this will help prepare me for a management position in my field because it is imperative for a manager in this profession to have the ability to adapt, adjust and welcome new ideas and concepts directed to him or her. A manager must be flexible and be accepting of these constant and ever-changing problems that arise in this profession. In the same concept it is also just as paramount for a manager to realize and constantly
Nurses are a vital part of the health care scene, but nursing shortages have appeared in many areas, shortages that are predicted to worsen over time. Chaos theory talks about dissolution of old patterns and development of new. The nursing profession needs to begin to recognize new trends and patterns that are emerging in health care. Change theory tells us that unsettled a time, a form of unfreezing of old patterns, is also an era of opportunity. Changes are inevitable, and both nursing and especially nursing education are in an excellent position to lead rather than follow.
This paper will address how the vision was used at Mentor Graphics and if it strengthened or weakened the company and how the change affected the organization. Communication between everyone within the organization is needed to ensure that the vision is fulfilled and the organization’s goals are achieved. The visions at Mentor Graphics were designed to make an effective change in which the organization was headed in. The process of change created good intentions for the company but as time passed the vision became more vague and confusing. This