Cisco was founded in 1983 in San Francisco, California and is the worldwide leader in information technology (IT) for over 30 years. With annual revenue of $49.2B and over 71,000 employees, Cisco shapes the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers, employees, investors, and ecosystem partners (Cisco, 2016). Our strategy is to create solutions built on intelligent networks that solve our customers’ challenges while creating lasting partnerships that support their success (Cisco, 2016). Therefore, as Cisco’s competition continues to grow and innovative products are increasing, we need to change our strategy to meet these demands. As the Director of Organizational Change Management, I have prepared the following Organizational Change Management (OCM) Plan, which I present to the stakeholders for review and approval.
Role of Strategic Renewal The role of the strategic renewal will focus on flatting our management structure. Based on our year-end (YE) employee survey, the results indicated a 50% decrease in employee communication and autonomy from our previous year. Organizational structure is needed in our evolving environment. However, a flat organizational structure features less layers of management and can help improve communication and decision-making. This will provide the following benefits to the organization. 1) Allow more time to focus on core products, develop new products while listening to your customers.
As the company grows its flat organisational structure will have to develop to handle the chain of command as well as continue a
A wise man once said, “The only permanent thing in the world is change,” an adage that rings especially true for organizations in this fast-changing era of technology and communication. Daft very deftly puts the inescapable need for change in three simple words, “Innovate or Perish” in his book “Understanding the Theory & Design of Organizations” [2].
My company needs serious organizational change in two areas. First is improving our vendor payment processes. We have been having problems getting the funds to our vendors on time and sometimes paid them the wrong amounts due to our current process. This problem must be fixed for the future of our relationships with our vendors, suppliers, and contractor agencies. We must establish a change that will help repair and build the relationships and ensure the we also receive our merchandise in a timely fashion. The other area that needs to be improved is our company culture by means of employee evaluation. Currently, our employee evaluations are based on a numerical scale, measuring performance in a 1 to 5 basis. This leaves almost no room for improvement
Reinforcement: Encourage staffs to take initiatives and make the required contributions. Apply inclusive workplace culture to empower staffs to lead and manage decision.
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It is common knowledge by now that change is inevitable. It is everywhere around us. Change can be fun, for example when a new version of the iPhone comes out. However, when change affects what we do everyday, there usually is a lot of skepticism and resistance to change involved. Apple employees were sure to feel enormous pressure as the sales of iPhones skyrocketed. To implement change on an organizational scale it is always a good idea to have a framework for building upon. Using change models can guide leaders through organizational changes and help pave their way to the future. This article discusses and
Trait theories were first of the four most common leadership theories. The foundation of trait theory is; leaders are born with the innate ability to lead. In essence, leadership traits are inherent in the genetic makeup of an individual and are natural, not learned predispositions. On the contrary, current research has found leadership traits to be external behaviors emerging from development of cognitive discipline and knowledge growth.
The Verizon Technology is currently on the brink of transition from being an electronic device dealer to full internet service provider. Such change process requires being achieved through a systematic process. As a change consultant at the Verizon Technology, I have an enormous responsibility to guide and advice on the best change model approach to employ. A more recent report indicates that the Verizon electronic revenue has been dwindling at an alarming rate due to severe competition in the market (Brown, 2016). The entry of many electronic dealers has led to a serious decline in profitability and thus the need to initiate change process. However, despite the overt demerits in the current gadgets and electronic hardware, employees, as expected,
By studying the change management theories, techniques, and leadership styles to make managing changes successfully, it is necessary to attend to the wider impacts of the change.
The idea of formulating the IFR is to clearly define the goal of improvement and to work back from that point, thus eliminating rework by solving the right problem initially.
Leading change within an organization is challenging regardless of the leader adeptness. Therefore, there are ten necessities to potent transformation if the organization desires a positive outcome.
The CEO of Blue Cloud Development, Shel Skinner, is troubled by the performance of his organization and seeks alternatives to the current methods of operation that may help to improve the cycle time for the release of new software products. Locating a new methodology that he believes will reduce the cycle time, Mr. Skinner hires consultants and implements the new methodology. A year into the implementation, he asks his software engineers their opinion of the new methodology, and is disenchanted when he hears that the opinion of the methodology is
Many companies emphasize a culture of continuous improvement. While never being satisfied with the status quo can drive
For any business in the rapidly evolving world of business, planning and implementing successful organizational change is indispensable. Essentially, organizational change refers to a process whereby an organization strives to optimize performance in order to achieve its ideal state characterized by high performance and profitability (Côté & Mayhew, 2014). Any business would be more likely to lose its competitive edge, as well as fail to meet the demands of its loyal consumers if it doesn’t plan and implement change. Weiss (2012) emphasizes that all organizations ought to embrace change, and it’s imperative to note that successful organizational change doesn’t involve simple process of adjustments; instead it requires appropriate change management capabilities.
In this paper, I am going to critically discuss a few examples of organisational change which I have personally experienced while completing a summer internship in an international logistics and transport company called UAB Transimeksa. The main purpose of this essay is to analyse the experience of organisational change management in relation to applying multiple perspective theories and models which will help critically evaluate and present reasoned arguments of effective change management. In doing so, this paper will be divided into three parts. The first and second part will focus on reviewing my experience of organisational change related to two different themes which are change leadership and organisational culture. The third part of