Change- Causes Of Change Adn Effects Of It

Question 1

Causes of change

Answer 1

Frequent change in government policy, economic situation, environmental changes, technological innovation

Question 2

Internal and external causes of change

Answer 2

Internal- new staff, new machinery, lose or gain of another production site, increase or decrease in cash flow
External- government policies, inflation or deflation, social norm changes, environmental change

Question 3

Different types of changes

Answer 3

Catastrophic- sudden or terrible disaster
Crisis-a sudden or creeping need for change
Contingency-in preparation for a disaster or equally bad event
Strategical-change to a important part of the business structure/operations
Tactical-oriented toward smaller steps and a shorter time frame along the way.
Operational-changes involving the way the business is ran mainly to do with the employees

Question 4

Impact of drivers of change

Answer 4

The business environment is constantly changing, recognising the opportunities in these changes can give the business an edge over their competitors

Question 5

Problems associated with change

Answer 5

Unable to judge the future of your decisions, juggling multiple changes can affect the performance of the business, managing teams at multiple sites can causes communication issues or conflicts of suitability

Question 6

Barriers to change

Answer 6

Lack of proper communication/coordination, hesitation in decision making, lack of clarity, conflict of interests

Question 7

Impacts of barriers of change to a business

Answer 7

barriers that make it difficult to implement change are usually the reasons behind the resistance to change, the business will need to overcome this in order to affectingly put in place change

Question 8

Impact of change on a business

Answer 8

encourages innovation, develops skills, develops staff and leads to better business opportunities, and improves staff morale.