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strategic change
A change, either incremental or transformational, that helps align an organization's operations with its strategic mission and objectives
planned change
An intentional activity or set of intentional activities that are designed to create movement toward a specific goal or end.
unplanned change
An unintentional activity is usually the result of informal organizing.
technological change
Implementation of new technologies often forces organizations to change.
Culture change
Involves reshaping and reimagining the core identity of the organization.
transformational change
Significant shifts in an organizational system that may cause significant disruption to some underlying aspect of the organization, its processes, or its structures.
incremental change
Small refinements in current organizational practices or routines that do not challenge, but rather build on or improve, existing aspects and practices within the organization
organization development
Specialized field that focuses on how to design and manage change.
structural change
Changes in the overall formal relationships, or the architecture of relationships, within an organization.
scope of change
The degree to which the required change will disrupt current patterns and routines.
organization change
The movement that organizations take as they move from one state to a future state
