ADMS 2400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: World Politics, Time Management, Absenteeism
16 Mar 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
No company today is in a particularly stable environment. Nature of the workforce: multicultural environment, demographic changes, immigration and outsourcing. Competition: competitors are fast, innovative and captures market quickly. Social trends: being green no longer an option as consumers want to save the environment. Organization have many opportunities to engage in change. Change agents: people who act as catalysts and assume the responsibility for managing change activities. Kotter"s model exhibits lewin"s model; step 1-4 represent unfreezing, step 5-7 represent moving and the last step represents refreezing. Problem-focused as it only looks at the problems. Identifies the unique qualities and special strengths of an organization, which can then be built on to improve performance. It focuses on organization"s successes rather than on its problems. Discovery: discovery what people (employees) think are the strengths of the organization. Dreaming: speculate on possible futures for the organization by employees.
