1. Make sure the proposed change ties directly to your company’s mission and strategic goals 2. Break down the major change process into small parts. Implement the pieces to gain small successes. 3. Evaluate past attempts at change, for both successes and failures. 4. Evaluate if your organization is ready for change. 5. Be prepared to postpone or modify a…
“You can’t sit on yesterday’s success model and not be willing to change,” commented Compaq CEO, Eckhard Pfeiffer, in a recent interview with Computerworld magazine, June 12, 1995. Change is inevitable. Business must change to grow. But can there be too much change? This new age of rapid change has developed work environments where reengineering, quality improvement…
An interview with Dr. Bitthal Gujrati, Technology Partner Q : Dr. Gujrati, in your 20 years of management and operations experience, what is one of the most common issues businesses face when attempting to implement new technologies?A: Let me first underscore that technology implementation in itself implies changes in the way and means of doing something. It seems…
A letter from the publisher, Vivek Singhal, Technology Partner For business, change is a fact of life. As technological advances bring us greater connectivity and increased communications, it is the rate of change that has become the phenomenon requiring focus and management. As external market and economic pressures bombard your organization, it would seem that…
When we think of implementing new technology as a means of gaining a greater competitive advantage, discussions generally focus on the strategic role, selection, pursuit of research, and on the technology development itself. A broad and inclusive review of managing technology is beyond the scope of this discussion. Many manufacturing businesses lack effective coordination when…