Why Change Programs Don't Produce Change (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
by Michael Beer, Russell A. Eisenstat, Bert A. Spector
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Author: Bert A. Spector, Michael Beer, Russell A. EisenstatEdition: Digital
Format: Download: PDF
Published: 2002-07-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 13
Publisher: Harvard Business Review
Summary of Why Change Programs Don't Produce Change (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Faced with changing markets and tougher competition, more companies realize that they must transform how they function. Although senior managers understand the necessity of change, they often misunderstand what it takes to bring it about. They assume that corporate renewal is the product of companywide change programs--and that to transform employee behavior, they must alter a company's formal structure. Change programs are, in fact, the greatest obstacles to successful revitalization, and formal structure is the last thing a company should change, not the first.This is an enhanced edition of HBR article 90601, originally published in November/December 1990. HBR OnPoint articles include the full-text HBR article, plus a synopsis and annotated bibliography. Faced with changing markets and tougher competition, more companies realize that they must transform how they function. Although senior managers understand the necessity of change, they often misunderstand what it takes to bring it about. They assume that corporate renewal is the product of companywide change programs--and that to transform employee behavior, they must alter a company's formal structure. Change programs are, in fact, the greatest obstacles to successful revitalization, and formal structure is the last thing a company should change, not the first.
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