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Discuss to what extent individuals are regarded as passive or active participants in the process of organisational change.
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The roles of people in the organisation cannot be overlooked especially when the organisation is considering a total re-design of it structures. Discuss to what extent individuals are regarded as passive or active participants in the process of organisational change. Organisational design refers to the way managers structure their organisation to reach the organisation's goal (Joseph E. Champoux, Organisational Behaviour). An organisation's design has two basic goals. It must get information to the right place for effective decision making, and it must help coordinate the interdependent parts of the organisation Restructuring involves reducing the size of the firm in terms of number of employees, number of divisions or units, and number of hierarchical levels in the firm's organisational structure. This reduction in size is intended to improve both efficiency and effectiveness. Restructuring is concerned primarily with shareholder well-being than employee well-being. In contrast, re-engineering is concerned more with employee and customer well-being than...
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