1.0Contents List
2.0Introduction
3.0Change versus stability
4.0PEST factors
5.0Forces For Change
5.1Workforce
5.1.2Leadership
5.2Technology
5.3Economic Change
5.4Competition
5.5Social Trends
5.6Politics
6.0Conclusion
7.0Bibliography
8.0References
“The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created- created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found but made and the activity of making them changes both the marker and the destination.”
John Schaar, futurist
2.0 Introduction
Change is an everyday occurrence. An example of such everyday change is the people coming to richer countries seeking a better life. An organization’s base is its people. Each new person brings something new to an organization.
In a couple previous years were introduced four types of changes:
• “Introduction of major new office technologies
• Introduction of major new plant, machinery or equipment
• Major reorganization of workplace structure
• Major changes to how non-managerial employees do their work”
Source: Morgan, D. and Zeffane, R. (2003) ‘Employee involvement, organizational change and trust in management’. International Journal of Human Resource Management. Vol. 14, No. 1, p.64.
3.0Change versus stability
In a changing world the organization must change to survive and prosper. Moreover, while it is doing so it must still deploy people to produce goods and services as normal, even if extra effort is demanded from them as they experience change. So the dilemma is that of balancing change wit ...