Change Management and IT Trends.

CHANGE
MANAGEMENT AND
IT TRENDSStudent’s Name

•Part 1: Analysis of Emerging
Trends
and Technologies

The History of Unilever
• Unilever is a multinational company that deals in consumer products
• The company enjoys a wide market outreach
• The distribution of quality consumer products is a key factor that contributes to the
popularity of the company
• The company is keen at adopting technological trend to create a competitive
advantage

Internet of Things and 5G
networks
• Internet of things is a current trending practice that explains on how devices across
the globe are connected to the internet.
• It is a giant set of net work that can connect to the internet.
• 5G network is another trend in technology that a company can willingly integrate
• The deployment of the 5G cellular network around the globe for mobile devices.

Analyzing Trends: The History
• IOT is a digital intelligence layer that makes a tech device quite smarter
• The application of IoT entails the company integrating most of its tech Items with
the internet
• The action entails the integration of information systems with the employee
phones, laptops and watches to facilitate easy communication
• The use of phones to access the company apps facilitate the employees to work
from any place is a key factor that comes with the practice.

Analyzing Trends: The Results
How it has grown through faster browsing
• The application of 5G networks is a practice that facilitates faster browsing.
• It is a move that makes the company to work in a more smart technique.
• 5G divides the frequencies into two specified groups such as FR1(450 MHZ-6GHZ )
and FR2 (24 GHz - 52 GHz).
• The frequencies lead to the overall increase in the data speeds which is a key factor
that makes the basic operations of the company faster.

Analyzing Trends: The Appeal
• IoT is becoming a common trend in technology ever since it was introduced back in
2015
• Companies have continued to be effective in adopting the practice through
integration of the practice with the current technology.
• The introduction of the 5G internet is a practice that needs to be perfectly
evaluated.
• The use of 5G networks are common as companies purchase tech devices that are
5G enabled

Analyzing Trends: The Appeal 2
• The application of IoT and 5G networks plays an integrative network
• The delegation of duties have proven to be more easier for the companies that
have applied them
• The effectiveness of the institution is affected with the capability of the technology
to willingly activities its general operations

Analyzing Trends: Additional
Insights
• Huawei is an example of a company that applies the technology
• The company ensures that the current phones that it distributes are 5G enabled
• The action provides better experience to the customers that are more that willing to
use the services that they provide to them.

•Part 2: Recommendations
for Implementation

Strategies and Process
Considerations
• The implementation of the trends is a key factor that entails the application of the
correct set of technology.
• The activity entails the implementation of the process entails the proposition of the
incentives
• The actions takes place through the application of the correct process
• The redefinition of cultural values of the company is part of the process

Strategies and Process
Considerations
• Management consent
• Employee training
• IT integration with the current technology
• Final implementation and evaluation

Change Management Challenges
Challenges
• Change management is likely to create a management problem for the company
• The management of multiple teams is a problem that would be solved through the
development of a different management strategy
• Needs differentiation could be solved through effectual management training
• Juggling with the simultaneous changes is a key factor of concern that needs to be
appropriately addressed.

Change Management Challenges
• Management of multiple teams
• Employee specialization
• Updating the company documents to align with the change processes
• Aligning the trend with the current technology

Recommendations for
Implementing Trends
• Presentation of the trend to the top management
• Working with the employees to ensure a smooth integration process
• Plan development
• Sustaining and launching the 5G connectivity

Potential Issues/Risks of
Implementation
• The common risks involved is financial risks, operational risks and losses
• Insuring the business against such risks is a preferable practice for the company
• Risk acceptance is part of practice that the company can adopt
• Risk avoidance is a practice that can take place through effective methods

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