DYNAMICS

Changes are taking place all around in organization. It is but natural that everything changes over time. What remains constant is change itself. Manager finds that changes need to be initiated at different levels within the organization –individual, group, structure, processes and subsystems coping with internal and external environmental changes. By scanning the environment of the organization and deciphering how changes in the environment are likely to widen the gap between desired and actual state of affairs of organization such as productivity, customer and employer satisfactions, profits, the manager can be a change – agent for introducing planned changes in the organization. The term work change in the organization refers to any alteration that occurs in the work environment. Planned changes mean those changes which are effected in a planned manner after assessing the need for change and working out the details as to when and how they will be carried out. Planned change is also called proactive change. In contrast, reactive change is one which takes place in random fashion as a crisis situation develops. For proactive or planned change to be initiated, manager shall be sensitive to the environment al changes affecting the organization by being boundary scanners so that organizational crisis situations can be averted. Planned changes or proactive change is purposeful or goal-directed. There are two widely recognized goals of the planned change. One, it seeks to improve the organizational ability to cope with, or adapt to, changing environment. Second, it seeks to change employee knowledge, attitude and behavior. A few generalizations about change reflect its nature. Change in any part of the organization tends to affect the whole organization. Change is a human as well as a technical problem. Social equilibrium exists in the organization employees are adjusted. When change occurs in the organization, it requires employees to make new adjustments as the organization seeks new equilibrium.Regarding it is the objective of management to restore and maintain equilibrium of work group and personal adjustment which change upsets. Though manager is a primary change agent, employees, outside consultants may also be change agents.