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Organizational change is often predicated by a significant shift in an organization’s overall strategy for success. Significant change can also become necessary as an organization evolves through its natural life cycle: for organizations to develop, they often must undergo significant change at various points in their development. Sometimes, change is imposed upon organizations because of forces outside of its control -- changes in competitive forces, regulatory environment, and technical paradigms will forcefully drive change. A carefully orchestrated change management program is particularly important during a major technology implementation. When undertaking such initiatives, agency executives face numerous challenges including budget constraints, competing projects and initiatives, disparate and incompatible systems, political issues, and unique cultures. Missions and objectives often compete for the same limited budget dollars and scarce human resources. There is a constant challenge between increasing the quality of service delivery and decreasing the inefficiencies that exist throughout a business organization. What’s important is to be sufficiently aware of the dynamics of change that you can work alongside other players to support organizational acceptance of new IT systems.
tieBridge offers a systematic approach to organizational change management necessitated by new system implementations. Our approach stresses the importance of the following issues which, if managed properly, offers a roadmap to successful organizational change.
Setting the Goals for Change
What are the goals of implementing the new technology? We help develop and clarify ideas about what you and your organization want to achieve through change, and why.
Changing Minds
What makes people open to or resistant to new ideas? We help develop effective strategies for understanding the perspective of the individuals who have to change and for encouraging openness to new ideas.
Analyzing the Organizational Context
We help develop a baseline using our tools to analyze the behavior of the organization prior to introducing change.
Systems Thinking
What will happen if we...? We help our clients develop a "systems" view to help anticipate, explain, and cope with the complex repercussions of change.
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