dissertation on change management pdf

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  BUSINESS CHANGE MANAGEMENT-AN OPTION OR COMPULSION Research Proposal [Name] Afkar Ahmed [Date] -April-2010 [Name of supervisor] Alan ForanBA (H) Business ManagementYear 3   BUSINESS CHANGE MANAGEMENT- AN OPTION ORCOMPULSIONIntroduction Organizational change management is the structured approach in the transitioning of teams, organizations and individuals from the prevailing state to the desired future state (Duck,2003). Change management is the process of implementing a pre-defined model/framework (sometimes with modifications) in an organization (Wardale, 2008). Changes in marketplace, intechnology, workforce demographics, social values, and political environments have beenencapsulated to have significant effects on the organization’s products, processes and servicesrendered (Chandler, 2004). It has often been imagined that the conclusion of these forces haveled to an external environment that is devastating and often unpredictable to those firms whichare unable or unprepared to respond. This leads us to our research question “Is changemanagement an option or a compulsion in organizations?” To arrive at the conclusion to thisquestion, this dissertation seeks to critically evaluate whether organizations have a choice whenit comes to change management.The dissertation aims to carry out a primary research entailing Management ChangeQuestionnaires (MCQ) on some of the major corporations which have been known to implementchange management models or specific aspects of it, and those which have not including Tesco,Spar, Londis and Starbucks. Thus following objectives will be pursued in the conduct of thedissertation.