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    Managing Change: The Process and Impact on People
    Managing Change: The Process and Impact on People
    Managing Change: The Process and Impact on People
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    Managing Change: The Process and Impact on People

    By Minnesh Kaliprasad

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    Change is reflected in the everyday processes of human activity as well as in the day-to-day organisational environment as the transition or transformation from one state to another. Due to the enormous influence of change on the organisational environment, an assessment of “change management” becomes essential to any organisation.

    Change Management is an organised, systematic application of the knowledge, tools, and resources for change that provide organisations with a key process to achieve the desired business strategy.

    According to Schermerhorn, J.R., et al “managing change” firstly implies implementing change in a planned and managed structure via agents, individuals and groups in order to resolve organisational performance problems or realise performance opportunities. The change that needs to be managed is bounded and controlled by the organisation. Change secondly occurs when events outside the organisation trigger change. In this case “change management” implies the organisational response to change where there is limited control over the change by the organisation.

    Ghandi said: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world”. This statement was supported by Kotter, J.P who states that producing change is about 80 percent leadership, i.e. establishing direction, aligning, motivating, and inspiring people - and about 20 percent management, i.e. planning, budgeting, organising, and problem solving.

    No organisation today, whether large or small, local or global, is immune to change. To cope with new technological, competitive, and demographic forces, leaders in every sector have sought to fundamentally alter the way their organisations do business. These change efforts are known by differing names such as total quality management, re-engineering, re-structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and turnarounds, to name but a few.

    In spite of these efforts, a major problem is that managers don’t understand the basic principles of change management and the fundamental reasons why change efforts fail.

    This ebook aims to reflect a high level study of what change is, why change needs to be managed, the process of change, the impact of change on people and practical advice for managing this change.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMinnesh Kaliprasad
    Release dateSep 8, 2018
    ISBN9780463812693
    Managing Change: The Process and Impact on People
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    Minnesh Kaliprasad

    Minnesh Kaliprasad is a qualified Chemical Engineer who has migrated towards the field of project management and project controls in particular for the larger part of his working career thus far. He has over 20 years working experience with various companies ranging from the petroleum, mining, and construction sectors, in varying roles. He is currently a Project Controls Manager for South Africa's public electricity utility, ESKOM. He also holds a qualification in the field of Project Management, and a post graduate degree in Technology Management. Furthermore, he has earned accreditation from the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) for the Certified Cost Professional (CCP) and Earned Value Professional (EVP) credentials. In addition, he is also a Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI). He has held the positions of Technical Director and President of the Cost Engineering Association of South Africa (CEASA) which was later rebranded as the Southern African Project Controls Institute (SAPCI) under his leadership. He has had a total of 3 peer reviewed technical articles published in the Cost Engineering Journal, viz. Proactive Risk Management ( Cost Engineering Journal December 2006, Human Factor I and II, Cost Engineering Journal June 2006). The former article has since been featured in AACE International’s Professional Practice Guide to Cost Engineering in the Global Environment, while the latter two articles have been featured in AACE International’s Professional Practice Guide to Leadership and Management of People. When he is not working he is probably running, gardening, or reading.

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      Managing Change - The Process and Impact on People

      Copyright 2018 Minnesh Kaliprasad

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      Acknowledgements

      I wish to thank the Lord Almighty for granting me yet another opportunity of writing a book about a subject I am passionate about.

      I would also like to thank my wife Salika and daughter Michala for supporting me yet again in everything related to this journey of writing a book. Your constant motivation and positive energy

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