Change is planning: The practice of change: Achieving goals within expectations

Author: [US] W. Daniel Holland
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: "Change is the Rule" is built upon several concepts, and it highlights the following key points:
〈br〉Organizational change is now a routine rather than an exceptional situation.
〈br〉Change does not occur in reality—all managers must be as skilled in managing change as they are in operating daily business.
〈br〉An organization is first a mechanical system—not a social system—and change occurs when the four mechanical characteristics of the organization—the change blueprint, work procedures, facilities/equipment/tools, and performance management system—change.
〈br〉An organization can be likened to a theater; when managers can transition from one play to another as easily and efficiently as a theater does, they have mastered the change of their organization.
〈br〉Employees should grasp the process of change as effortlessly and professionally as actors transitioning from a brilliant performance in one play to another.