I.

Objectives of Planned
Organizational Change.
A. Defined.
 Activities and procedures designed to change individuals,
groups, and organization structure and process.
 Necessary because management cannot totally
control its environment. – thus must introduce coping
strategies
 May be in reaction to or in anticipation of pressures.
 Basic objectives.
 Improve organizational adaptability.
 Change patterns of employee behaviors.
 Distinct from the inevitable (unplanned) changes.
B. Improving organizational adaptability.
 E.g., to deal with "Megatrends."
C. Changing individual behaviors.
 So organization can change its adaptation strategy.
II. Pressures for Change.
A. Changing technology.
 E.g., mobilization.
 Less direct labor.
 Changing role of middle management.
 E.g., information systems technology.
 Fewer managers with different roles.
B. Knowledge explosion.
 New challenges to managers.
 Find and disseminate existing knowledge.
 Acquire and create new knowledge.
 Uses for knowledge.
 Manage people who work with knowledge.
 Organizational innovation required for effective uses of
knowledge.
II. Pressures for Change.

C. Rapid product obsolescence.

 Shorter production leads times.
 Adapt rapidly to change.