Diagnosis for Change in Alinta Energy: A Diagnostic Tool Analysis

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Diagnosis for Change
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1. Introduction
In this modern day of advanced science and technology, innovation and change, both
have transformed into two of the important parts of business life. This is because
organisations all over the world now struggle harder to go hand in hand with the changing
tastes of the customers, their nature and the global competition than ever before (Norman,
Donald and Roberto 2014). Hence, organisational change has become something that is very
important and is transformed into a continuous process. Organisational change is the process
through which the companies move from their present state to a desired future state so as to
become more effective (Van Dam, Oreg and Schyns 2016). However, sometimes the system
of the organisation gets hampered by the influence of the external and internal forces and this
result in frequent changing in the workplace, which ultimately influence the entire working
environment. This paper will diagnose the change in Alinta Energy, an electricity generating
company in Queensland, Australia, using a diagnostic tool in order to assess the
organisational change in this company (Robertson and Argent 2016).
2. Discussion
2.1 Background and Introduction to the change
- Nature of the Organisation
Alinta Energy is an electricity generating and gas retailing private company based in
Australia. It is owned by the CTFE (Chow Tai Fook Enterprises) of Hong Kong. It was
founded in the year 2011, but there are some of its business parts that are dated since 1950. It
is headquartered in Sydney, Australia (Blackwell and Robertson 2016). Its portfolio of
electricity generation includes the Newman Power Station, Pinjarra Power Station, Port
Hedland Power Station and Wagerup Power Station of Western Australia, Bairnsdale Power
Station of Victoria, Braemar Power Station of Queensland and Glenbrook Power Station of

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New Zealand. Alinta Energy is regarded as one of the most trusted, safe and experienced
electricity connection network companies in the Australian region (Robertson and Argent
2016). Furthermore, its gas asset portfolio comprise of the Goldfields Gas Pipeline.
- Nature of the industry
Alinta Energy belongs to the energy industry. It is the wholeness of each and every
industry that is engaged in the process of sale and production of energy, including fuel
extraction, distribution, manufacturing and refining (Mattila et al. 2016). In specific, the
energy industry comprise of the gas and the petroleum industry, the coal and electric power
industry etc. In simpler words, energy industry can be referred to the industry that comprise
of those categories of stocks that are related to the production and the supply of the energy
and other related resources.
- Extent to which the change involves incremental adjustment or transformational change
Transformational change is the change which takes place when an industry or a
company is in equilibrium (Chia 2014). It builds on the things which are been accomplished
earlier and are equipped with the flavour of continuous growth and development. This change
takes place during the period of disequilibrium and it involve the one-step function change.
Reorientation change means redefinition of an organisation. This change is proactive in
nature and is initiated as a result of transformational force within an industry (Penna and
Geels 2015). It occurs to make sure that the company would survive in the coming future and
for becoming a pioneer in taking steps prior to the other organisation within the same
industry.
- Response of the organisation
The leaders and the managers of the company have realised the sense of urgency for
pushing forward this organisational change of reorientation. There was luxury of time which