Bobs Meltdown (part 4)

Structural change in an organisation is normally initiated by the management in order to respond to internal or external changes so as to improve the service delivery of the organisation. Change in management requires a thorough planning and responsive implementation, most of all, consultation need to done involving the people who are going to be affected by the planned changes. However, for this to happen, the management must have an attitude of embracing change and will to adapt to new approaches of doing work. In concord machines company it is clear that the management prefer sticking to the old ways of management, as one of them says “if it is working why change it” to them, as long as the company is able to operate and produce, nothing more is required (Glower; Legge and Clegg, 1993) However, from the case study, it is clear that structural changes are required in the areas of communication, organisation structure and change of management attitude and leadership style. If this three important aspects are not addressed the organisation is bound to face major problems in the near future.

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