{"id":699,"date":"2019-04-26T18:15:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/man4030-org-leadership\/chapter\/putting-it-together-organizational-change\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T20:21:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T20:21:38","slug":"putting-it-together-organizational-change","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/man4030-org-leadership\/chapter\/putting-it-together-organizational-change\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Organizational Change","rendered":"Putting It Together: Organizational Change"},"content":{"raw":"Now we understand everything we can about change \u2013 the forces that push for it, like technology and consumer demand; the types of changes we can face, like evolutionary or revolutionary; the ways we can avoid resistance to it and put it in place with the least amount of pain.\r\n\r\nThe thing about change is\u2026it changes. \u00a0In the 1800s, technological change was certainly an issue, as the steam engine and the cotton gin were among technologies introduced that had us looking at the ways we can do things differently. \u00a0But change today in that realm is so much quicker. New technologies and apps are being invented daily, and industry disruptors have organizations holding their breath and taking risks at speeds they never thought possible.\r\n\r\nChange has changed over the years in that it\u2019s a global issue. \u00a0Companies like Daimler Chrysler or Anheuser Busch and Belgium\u2019s InBev have presented challenges on a cultural level. \u00a0It wasn\u2019t too long ago that mergers like this were less common, but technology has made the world a smaller place.\r\n\r\nOrganizations must manage and stay ahead of change every day if they\u2019re going to be competitive. \u00a0But they also need to anticipate change, and what it\u2019s going to look like in years to come. They can push to innovate and drive change. \u00a0Lee Iaccoca was prophetic when he spoke on behalf of Chrysler, telling us:\r\n
\u201cLead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.\u201d<\/blockquote>\r\nPerhaps that\u2019s how change will change. \u00a0We can only wait and see. But businesses really can\u2019t, can they?\r\n\r\n
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