COMMERCE 1BA3 Study Guide - Ontario Power Generation, Organization Development, Job Satisfaction

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Chapter 16 organizational change, development and innovation. All organizations face two basic sources of pressure to change: external sources and internal sources. Environmental changes must be matched by organizational changes if the organization is to remain effective. Changes can also be provoked by forces in the internal environment of the organization. Change almost always entails some investment of resources, be it money or management time. Organizations should differ in the amount of change they display. Change in and of itself is not a good thing, and organizations can exhibit too much change as well as too little. Factors which can be changed include these: goals and strategies, culture. A change in one area very often calls for change in others, failure to recognize this systemic nature of change can lead to severe problems. Changes in goals, strategies, technology, structure, process, job design, and culture almost always require that organizations give serious attention to people changes.