Change management

Change management refers to a well defined strategy that enable the existing mind set

of an individual, group or organization to adopt themselves to the changing scenarios in

the market with due regard to the futuristic vision. Indeed, change management has

become undeniable strategy to transcend the stereotyped borders and reach out the

personal, social and customer satisfaction.

A serious professional is very much alive to assess the changes that are popping up in

his/her surroundings. Moreover, the professional has to gauge the intensity and the form

of changes in order to adopt himself/herself to such changes. Besides, a professional in a

corporate setup has to encounter with perennial changes that may, sometimes, hamper the

effective completion of projects. In this regard, a professional is demanded to take stock

of the changes that transform the outlook of the organizational preferences and targets.

Therefore, a manager has to be microscopic in diagnosing the changes in the organization

set up. If a manager looks at the chain of organizational existence and operations, it

would be very much convenient and productive in dealing with the change and it also

helps in framing effective Change Management Plan.

 Organizational
Understanding
Vision/
Market scenario
Mission

ORGANIZATION
Strategies for the
Outcome realization of
vision

Execution of
Strategies

The above diagram depicts the organizational diagnosis of changing preferences of the

market scenario. It is vividly reflected that any minute change in the organizational cycle

will demand the change in the entire working process of such organization. The

organizations that are conscious about the changes occurred in the process and adapting

the remaining factors to such changes will give validity to the organizational existence.

Contrastingly, there are some organizations who fail to be precarious about such changes

and remain stereotyped, ultimately, such organization become null and void. Therefore,

the managers have to believe in the principle of calculative and constant metamorphosis

of market scenario and the implementation of changes in the process production and the

work culture.
With reference to the changes in an organizational set up, the changes may be on any
factor that comes under the cycle of organizational functioning. The following chart
depicts the interdependence of each to the rest of the factors.

Changing Market
Scenario

Resources
Resources Management-II
Objectives
Management-I (Human Resource)

Strategic Management
IT Hard Skills Soft skills

Operational
Management Finance Execution Execution

Infrastructure
&
Miscellaneous

To quote the best example: if there is a drastic change in the preferences of customers for

new brand of laptops, obviously, the IT Companies have to make amendments

 QUESTIONAIRE ON CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Note: Answer the questionnaire and browse through your answers to know your adaptability to deal
with change

1. In line with your responsibilities, which changes do you oversee?

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2. What kind of impact do these changes tend to have?

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3. In your opinion, which changes are essential?

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4. How do these changes arise?

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5. When requests for changes are made, what is the ideal procedure?
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6. What change management procedure is applied?

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7. Are there any situations that interfere with the change management procedure? Please elaborate

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8. How and where and where is change documentation stored?

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9. Who monitors the change management tasks?

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10. Are there alterations that need to be made to the change management system?

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11. What types of emergency changes have been experienced?

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12. How were these emergencies dealt with?

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13. Who approves the various changes that are made?

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14. What level of management is involved in the process?

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15. Describe the process of approval

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16. Is change approval easily obtained?

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17. What is the main challenge facing change management?

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18. How can this change be dealt with?

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19. What kind of impact does change have on the organization?

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20. Is organizational change experienced?

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21. If yes, why is there a need for organizational change to be frequently experienced?

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