Examples Of Transformational Change

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According to the Oxford dictionary, transformation is a marked change in form, nature, or appearance. Personal change management is based on our preferences and available alternatives. In terms of organizations, however, the complex process of changes takes a lot of time and efforts. It involves drastic changes on organizational level that are caused by either external or internal triggers. The example of external change is when competition pushes our businesses to meet certain standards and provide the same or higher level of product quality or service. Internal triggers to change indicate internal faulty processes that fail to perform and should be corrected or aligned within an organization. There are lots of economic factors that could …show more content…

Incremental renewal is about business evolution by expanding current business into new product lines or services or to seek improvement in current lines of production. It is related to gradual improvement over a long period of time. For example, the Swiss Business School has been developing since 1998 by adding off-site programs, expanding international network, etc. Transformational strategic renewal is fundamental change such as brand or model of business. This type seeks to redefine customer’s expectations. Transformational renewal is a drastic change that happens at once. For instance, McDonalds introduced McCafe as an additional part of its chain or online education and shopping provided by many different institutions. Even though transformational changes involve large scale of changes, we must try to explain the obstacles of these changes to come into life on individual and large scale …show more content…

Issues within implementation of changes
Special group alignment (who either internal or external which has relevant expert power) to implement or consult on the implementation of business transformation.
There is one local example of change implementation. In Almaty, Onay cards were implemented for public transport in order to eliminate waste and inefficiencies of the transportation holding. There were a lot of issues provoked by this implementation. The campaign was started all across the city. However, radical approach by local authorities was followed with strict rules and deadlines. The passengers got outrageous in some cases. Evaluating this type of business transformation, management team should be aware of the timeframe and passenger’s resistance to change and transform.
I personally suffered from this system and management failure. My personal evaluation of the situation could be described as the lack of flexibility and system adaptability for local infrastructure. Those issues were present at the first place. Eventually this process will be

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