Business Success - Organizational Change and Culture

For firms to compete today, they must change to meet the demands of the business environment. In fact, change can be used to create a competitive strategy for your organization. Now picture Sheila the CEO of Viagra organization that is concerned about changing her organization to reflect a competitive strategy in the organization. The strategy centered approach to change might reflect some of the following:

Introducing a car insurance quotes on line produce or service
Entering new markets
Use of new forms of marketing
Initiation of Internet sales to direct selling
Forming alliances or joint ventures with other organizations
Modifying relationships with suppliers

To be successful, changes in competitive strategy will require a consistent change in people, work roles, organizational structure, and technology. Internal changes in the organizational approach to improve human capability will require organizational learning, and an alignment of the strengths and values term assurance the organization. By aligning the strengths and values within the organization, it will improve the overall success of the competitive strategy and meet with the long-term goals of the organization.

A common mistake is to implement a new program without first diagnosing the problems that are confronting the organization. Management programs and structural changes often fail to solve organizational problems and sometimes will make data recovery worse. The benefits that can be obtained from change made in one area can cause problems for another. Before initiating major changes within an organization, senior management should be clear about the dilemma and the objectives of the program. The organizational diagnosis can be made by senior management, an outside consultant, or dotnet web hosting force. It is often more successful when an outside consultant is involved because it offers an unbiased decision to the diagnosis. Outside consultants trained in organizational development will bring more success to the project.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Doreen M. McGunagle, Ph.D. is a corporate organizational speaker and has a doctorate in Organization and Management with a specialization in International Business. As CEO of Global Strategic Management Solutions, a consulting firm that specializes in assisting organizations grow and improve their performance, and brings 25 years experience working with Fortune 1000 companies.

Dr. McGunagle is the author of The Chinese Auto Industry: Taming the Dragon. To find out more information about Dr. McGunagle corporate speaking engagements and consulting availability, please visit www.globalstrategicmgmt.comwww.globalstrategicmgmt.com or call 561.208.1071. Improving profitability and ensuring long-term survival are essential, but sometimes seemingly impossible tasks. Global Solutions is a free weekly e-zine that provides executives with essential strategic and cultural knowledge to help them make decisions that allow them to sleep well.

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