Situation analysis and patterns of change

presented by Ajisha kurian S3 mba

Situation analysis
A systematic collection and evaluation of past and present economical, political, social, and technological data, aimed at (1)identification of internal and external forces that may influence the organization's performance and cho ice of strategies. (2) assessment of the organization's current and future strengths, weaknesses, opportunities.

objectives
To identify external opportunities and obstacles facing the organization to identify internal strengths and weaknesses of the organization The situational analysis process is essential in determining the need of individuals and communities.

Patterns of change
1. Happened change: unpredictable and take place naturally due to external factors over which one may have no control. Has profound effect on the organization. 2.Reactive change: changes that are clearly in response to an event. Limited to a subsystem or part of subsystems.

3.Anticipatory change: changes carried out in expectation of an event. In anticipation of such change the organization may tune-in or reorient itself. 4.Planned change: it is undertaken to improve the current ways of operating.

it is a calculated change initiated to achieve a certain desirable performance and to make the organization more responsive to internal and external demands. Eg: downsizing. 5.Incremental change: change directed at the micro level and focused on units components within an organization are termed as incremental change.

6.Operational change: Improvement of quality ,quantity ,timeliness and unit cost of operations in developing products and services. 7.Strategic change: change that is addressed to the organization's components including strategy may be called strategic change.

8.Directional change: Occurs under conditions of severe competition, regulatory shifts in government policy and unsuccessful business strategy. 9.Fundamental change: Redefinition of current purpose or mission.

10.Total change: Developing a new vision ,achieving a turnaround. A drastic surgery to existing systems. 11.Transformational change: it could be a change in the shape ,structure or nature of the organization. Change involving the entire organisation due to a severe threat to its survival.

12.Revolutinary change: abrupt changes in organizational strategy and design represent revolutionary change. It comprise of 3 Es Envisioning-which is to articulate a clear and credible vision and a new strategy to relies the vision. Energizing which is mobilizing of Employees ,individually and collectively as well as demonstrating an inculcating the excitement for change.

 Enabling which is to provide necessary resources ,support structures and processes 13)Recreation this involves a significant or drastic change in an organizational strategy and design , or a radical departure from its current practices to achieve a total transformation.