2Preparing for Change

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

• Describe at least three factors that create the need for change.

• Assess the potential of complacency and stagnation.

• Diagnose the total impact of planned change.

• Identify the roles required for successful change.

• Select members of the change management team.

• Get your change management team off to a good start.

FACTORS INDICATING THE NEED FOR CHANGE

Let’s begin this discussion by looking at how a major retailer grappled with the need to change. In fact, Simmons Stores is just one example of an organization that realized it had to change. As ...

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