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Ugama Rose
Management Consultant, Nigeria
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Change is Often Selfish; for the Organization
The problem I find with change is that in most cases, it favors the organization more than the employees.
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J.I Dube
Consultant, Nigeria
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If the change is well structured, subject to its definition, I think its more of an advantage to the employees.
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Ugama Rose
Management Consultant, Nigeria
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Re: Change is Most of the Times Selfish
I'm having a hard time understanding how employees can benefit more than the organisation from change taking into considerations the fact that organisations are always thinking of ways to improve on their products and/or services, ways which are not always people centred. Yes! Employees sometimes benefit but in most cases, the organisations does more.
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J.I Dube
Consultant, Nigeria
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Solution Management in Context
Yeah, I quite agree with you to some extent Rose. It is also in this regard that organizations are very much particular about staff trainings, they are well aware that an organization without these people, without the right hands to man it with an excellent touch of professionalism and creativity, the company is as good as an empty house. We must not fail to understand that these individuals make up the organization in question, hence the change has to start from these people. Once there is a positive change in the people/employees... Then it will go a long way in affecting the organization as well as its product and image positively... This is what I call solution management in context because it deals more with the individual than with the organization as a whole.
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Ugama Rose
Management Consultant, Nigeria
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Very true Ik (if I may call you that). But we know that in real life situations, that is not always practical. Organisations don't always try to change individuals (especially in this part of our world) or try to help them adapt to change, instead, they tend to look for the best people for the job, I'd like to use myself as an example. Sometime last year, I was transferred to another department to work under somebody I felt I wasn't supposed to. I wasn't comfortable with the change, as professional as we tried to be about the situation, it still sometimes get in the way. Management noticed the situation, and decided to move me yet again to another department! And one that is completely outside my field leaving me with no option but to endure the situation or quit. (this were the same people that told me I was doing a very good job where I was and decided to give me more responsibilities, which I gladly accepted anyway). Now, how do you think I feel? How would you have handled the situation differently?
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J.I Dube
Consultant, Nigeria
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I would say I quite agree with your point Rose. But permit me to point out here that management of every organization unconsciously improve the creative of their employees by giving them challenging r (...)
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Ugama Rose
Management Consultant, Nigeria
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Thank God I adapted to the change (though not without some difficulties from the start)cos personally, I don't run away from work. When I have the opportunity, I like to take on more responsibilities. (...)
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Drazen, Australia
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Employees Benefit from Change
From my interpretation I believe that employees benefit from change. Surely some of them may be laid off, but they are also learning and these types of experience can then be transferred onto other or (...)
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Ugama Rose
Management Consultant, Nigeria
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There's nothing wrong with organisations benefitting more. But the point here is employees are most often overlooked in the event of a change, I guess this is one of the reasons why they resist change (...)
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J.I Dube
Consultant, Nigeria
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Most importantly is ones' definition of change. Change can come in different form but as long as it is within an organization, the employees who are the end point would benefit more from it. This is s (...)
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Ugama Rose
Management Consultant, Nigeria
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Welcome back Ik. I'd like to rest my case because we both are obviously looking at the issue from two different angles, while you are looking at this from the management angle, I am looking at the sam (...)
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