Abstract:

The rapid and powerful changes in technological, economical, political and social areas in last few years, threatens the very foundations of business administration. In the new economical system where the borders have removed and where information and communication technologies intervened nearly all the organizational processes, to convert the change case which threatens these business enterprises into opportunities has become a new administrative problem. Today’s organizations are faced with several opportunities and threatments in a dynamic and variable/floating environment. Increased competition, rapidly changed market requirements, shorten in the product-existence trajectory, being international of technologic competition, globalization of production, the importance of facing the conscious custemers’ requirements are the factors which force important organizations to make a change / an innovation. The main objective of this study is to present the relevant approaches and recommendations regarding the development and change management processes of the organizations that are used to enhance organizational efficiency and productivity and to enable the organizations to have better modern business situations. Upon that view, an academic background has been constituted and a preliminary literature survey has been performed for the aim of this study. As a result of the literature study, change and organizational change concepts have been defined, the main goals of the organizational change have been described, the reasons and the types of organizational change have been examined, and besides the contributions of organizational change for the overall organization and the roles of effective change management have been underlined. Additionally, the issues which the managers should assess, the importance of planning for an effective change management and finally the role of change management for achieving sustainability have been evaluated. 

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