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Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Organizational Transformation
OT refers to drastic changes in:
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Organizational Transformation
OT may or may not be developmental. OT tends to use directive, not participative, approaches to change. Usually top-down, top-management driven. OT shaped by use of power rather than collaboration.
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OD strategies represent more gradual approaches to strategic change. OT approaches are drastic and abrupt change.
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Organizational Transformation
Requires:
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Due to immediate threat, this may be only way for organization to survive.
Transformative.
Immediate, drastic change. Uses directive methods.
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
25/11/2013
1. Time frame of changeshort or long. 2. Level of support of organizational culture. 3. Degree of discontinuity with environment.
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
2. Charismatic transformation.
Radical change in short time with support of culture.
4. Dictatorial transformation.
Used in times of crisis. Major restructuring running counter to internal culture.
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Results of OT
OT may be best or only way to bring back an organization under immediate threat. OT more likely to be used by externally recruited managers. OT is risky and outcome is uncertain.
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
25/11/2013
Strategy-Culture Fit
Strategy:
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Course of action used to achieve objectives. Relates resources of organization to opportunities in environment.
Culture:
Set of values for setting priorities. Critical factor in implementation of strategy.
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Weak culture.
May be seen in young company or one with high turnover.
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
25/11/2013
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Change important and incompatible with present culture. Reinforce value system, reshuffle power, use leverage in the organization.
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Strategy-Culture Matrix
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
25/11/2013
Technical - solve production problems. Political - solve allocation problems of resources and power. Cultural - solve value/belief problems.
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Kirupa Priyadarsini
Company has strong values that do not fit changing environment. Industry competitive and changes quickly. Company mediocre or worse. Firm about to join ranks of very largest. Firm small but growing rapidly.
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Kirupa Priyadarsini
Home Depot is number-one homeimprovement retail chain in U.S. It had unstructured and entrepreneurial culture. Competitor Lowes began taking market share.
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Kirupa Priyadarsini
25/11/2013
Kirupa Priyadarsini
Nardelli was brought in as CEO to turn around dysfunctional culture. Nardelli brought in new top management team. Lacked support from lower levels. Changes resulted in unintended consequences.
Culture became one of revolt. Innovation and sense of ownership declined. When market share declined more, board replaced Nardelli with Ellison. Ellison has made methodical and longrange changes.
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Concept Challenge
Culture.
Reflects organizations past and is rooted in firms history.
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Incremental approach.
Long-term planned change that relies on collaboration.
Strategy.
Course of action used to achieve major objectives.
Strategy-culture matrix.
Assess readiness of culture for strategic changes.
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Transformational change.
Immediate drastic change accomplished by directive methods.
Vision.
Mental image of a possible and desirable future state of organization.
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