It can be debated that the organizations that win in the long run are those that have mastered both planning and leading change. There are several things that can spur change including growth being predominantly in a market which is unfamiliar, pricing factors to remain competitive, change in regulations, changing customer expectations, shortfall in talent and constraints in the organization's capacity. The factors which spur change are numerous and the examples given are not a complete representation of the wide scope of demands that force organizations to change (Brown, 2013).
Changes that might be necessary for a firm to survive include:
• Bringing it to date with industry trends and prevailing… Continue Reading...
change management and corporate leadership. Leading Change, the popular, well-received book published by the professor in the year 1995 outlines the aforementioned model. This paper attempts at demonstrating how the courier company, FedEx, can utilize Kotter's model for resolving its present issues of a detrimental financial atmosphere and personnel overload (Kotter, 2012).
Establishing a Sense of Urgency
FedEx has engaged in rigorous downsizing, cutting back on its workforce size. The workers who remain have been overburdened by their everyday responsibilities and duties. Their workload is simply piling up and older, though better experienced, individuals are… Continue Reading...
of their actions (Kotter, 1996). With respect to change management, Sophia Tannis is tasked with leading change in CPA in Europe and readjusting the very poise with respect to altering a number of longstanding beliefs and ways of undertaking things. This includes changing how major issues and decisions would be undertaken. In addition, Tannis is tasked with reattuning the power base, which implies enormous challenges within the organization and a great deal of opposition (Blanchard, 2013).
One of the major obstacles that Tannis faces is ensuring acceptance of the change… Continue Reading...
Leading Change at Home
The change challenge I recently faced involved my neighborhood. I live in an apartment complex that is a block away from a bar which recently changed ownership. After the change in ownership the bar became very popular and was regularly attended by numerous patrons. The problem was that these patrons would take the parking spaces assigned for residents in the building, and all the other spaces within a six block radius every night of the weekend the bar was open. The major problem was the residents… Continue Reading...
Leading Change" was the topic of discussion for the seminar delivered Dr. Saad Al-Barrak, the esteemed former CEO of Zain Telecom, and who currently serves as CEO of ILA Group. The university's president and the head of the MBA program introduced Al-Barrak to a barrage of applause from the fresh-faced and eager-eyed students in the audience. In fact, one of the main objectives of the seminar was to introduce the graduates to how to apply concepts like organizational change and leadership into real world scenarios. The audience was comprised of… Continue Reading...
