Organizational Change

Organizational change can be defined as the alteration in structure, technology, or people in an organization, or behavior by an organization.

Internal factors are those factors that are caused or introduced inside an organization that forces a change.

Change management is a systematic approach to dealing with the transition or transformation of an organization's goals, processes, or technologies.

<p>Lewin's Change Management Model can be explained using an analogy of having a large cube of ice and realizing the need for a cone of ice. First, the ice must be melted to make it amenable to change (unfreeze). Then, the iced water must be molded into the desired shape (change).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Forces for change include external environment, technology, marketing condition, social change, political forces, internal environment, change in managerial personnel, change in operative personnel, deficiencies in existing structure, and chain effect of change.</p> Signup and view all the answers