BA 4226 Managing Organizational Change Why organizations change Instructor: Çağrı Topal

Why organizations change Economic perspective Management as control Performance Organizational learning perspective Management as shaping Adaptation

Reasons for change by image Director: strategic pressures Navigator: internal and external pressures Caretaker: uncontrollable pressures Coach: ongoing pressures Interpreter: internal and external pressures Nurturer: Large and small pressures

Environmental pressures Fashion pressures Mandated pressures Geopolitical pressures Market decline pressures Hypercompetition pressures Reputation and credibility pressures

Why organizations may not change Organizational learning vs. threat-rigidity Environment as an objective entity vs. environment as a cognitive construction Forces for change vs. forces for stability Bridging (adapting) vs. buffering (shielding)

Organizational pressures Growth pressures Integration and collaboration pressures Identity pressures New broom pressures Power and political pressures