Contents
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1. Introduction 3
2. Agreeing with the opening statement 5
3. Mass Producers of yesterday 9
4. What might organisations do to
overcome the problems of change? 11
5. An example : Asda’s organisation
change by Archie Norman 14
Introduction
Change is generally triggered by an opportunity or threat arising within or outside of the organisation and businesses. In personal terms it is around an individual. Change is about fitting yourself within the environment around you.
There are many impacting forces on organisations and businesses to introduce change in today’s world such as: globalisation, privatisation, mergers and acquisitions, movement of labour towards less economic locations, revolutionary advances in technology, empowering consumers together with changes in demand and competition, Government policies, Quality and Standards.
Different organisations will react to these forces in different ways and introduce changes appropriate to the size of the operation, nature of business and existing culture.
It is the increased pressure, the competition and the business environment (Newton, 2003, p.428; Ellis, 1998, p.231) that decision on new ...