The impact change has on people/the organisation

... Principles of Management BCD 1H07 Managing Change Assignment Word count: 1901 By Student: **** Contents: * What is change? * The impact change has on people/the organisation. * Charles Handy opinion of managing change. * What a manager can do in the face of change. * A manager's responsibility during times of change. What is change? More and more organisations today face a dynamic and changing environment. This in turn is requiring these organisations to adapt. "Change or die!" is the rallying cry among today's managers worldwide. Change is when something different happens, and there are two types of change, small and organisational (large). Small changes such as adding a new person, modifying a program, etc. are fairly easy to manage. Organisational change, as in regard to organisation-wide change is much harder. Examples of organization-wide change might include a change in mission, restructuring operations (e.g. restructuring to self-managed teams, layoffs, etc.), new technologies, mergers, major collaborations, new programs such as Total Quality Management,

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