ADMN 1000H Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Organizational Learning, Learning Organization, Structural Change

• School: Trent University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: ADMN 1000H
• Professor: Maher Galayini

Document Summary

Developmental change change that attempts to improve upon what the business is currently doing, rather than creating something completely new. May include improvement of existing skills, processes, methods, performance standards, or conditions. Transitional change change that replaces what already exists with something completely new: it requires the organization to depart from old methods of operation while the new state is being established. Two factors that largely distinguish transitional from transformational change: it is possible to determine the final destination or state in detail before the transitional change is implemented. This permits the change to be managed: transitional change largely impacts employees only at the levels of skills and actions, but not at the more personal levels of mindset, behaviour, and culture. Methods of change: theory e and theory o change. Theory e change a theory of change that has as its purpose the creation of economic value, often expressed as shareholder value, its focus is on formal structure and systems.