Change management

• Change management


  When an organisation makes a significant change to either its operations, processes, staffing or products in order to be more efficient
• Example of change management


  • An organisation decides to move all its staff from permanent contracts to casual contracts
• Reasons for the change


  • Adapt how they pay their staff and what benefits their staff are entitled to
  • Save money
• Considerations for change management


  • Needs to be sensitively managed to retain all their good staff
• Factors that can influence change within the workplace

  • Social
  • Technological
  • Global and domestic economic changes
  • Political/legal changes
• Social changes


  • Ageing population: older people outnumber younger people in the workplace
  • Changes to the way we work
  • Gender roles
  • Consumer preferences
• Technological changes


  • New application software
  • New operating systems
  • New hardware
• Global and domestic economic changes


  • Recessions
  • Booms
  • Globalisation
• Political and legal changes


  • Government initiatives
  • Changes in government legislation
  • Workplace reforms
• Opportunities for individual career development from workplace changes


  • Restructuring
  • Introduction of new technology
  • Globalisation
• Opportunities from restructuring


  • New roles may open up
  • Opportunities for redeployment or training
  • Opportunities to work with new people and expand networks
  • Opportunities to work in different geographical locations
• Opportunities from new technology


  • Developing new technological skills may increase employability
  • Opportunities to work in a leadership capacity
• Opportunities from globalisation


  • Opportunities to work in different countries
  • Expand experience, networks and knowledge of different work practices