Organizational Change Management in IBM

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Organizational Change Management
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2/17/2019

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Executive Summary
Due to globalization and advancement I technology, changes in the organizations are taking
place. These changes of any kind such as changes in the organization structure, technology
changes, layout changes, cultural, behavioural, and others. This report discuss about the
changes taken place in IBM almost after 30 years from 1985. Changes described in this report
are change in the office layout b of IBM, changes in its technology, work culture of IBM,
dress code of the IBM employees, and work type for male and female employees.

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Contents
Executive Summary...................................................................................................................1
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Changes in Organization............................................................................................................3
Office Layout.........................................................................................................................3
Technological Tools...............................................................................................................4
Dress Code of the Employees................................................................................................5
Type of Work.........................................................................................................................5
Work Culture..........................................................................................................................5
Business Processes.................................................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................8
Appendix..................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Today advancement in information and communication technology has deployed various
changes in the market and this causes various business challenges each day for organizations.
This requires organizations to change in their business methods and exploring new ideas and
areas. Generally organizations introduce changes in structure, business, and technologies to
handle these changes in the market. However, often people or employees of a company do
not like changes and thus there is need of proper organizational change management in the
company (Samuelson, 2018).
Therefore, we can define Organizational Change Management (OCM) as a framework
structured for managing the effect of changes in the structure, business processes,
technologies, and culture of an organization (TechTarget, 2019). But OCM describes the
response of employees to these changes. This report describes the scenario of a big
organization in which what are the changes an employee will observe after duration of around
30 years in terms of its structure, technology, culture, and business methods.
Changes in Organization
This report has imagined that an employee Mr Rip Van Winkle of an organization say IBM
went to sleep in 1985 and woke up after 30 years that is in 2018. Hence, in such a long
duration there have been several changes in the organization in terms of office layout,
technological tools, and dress code of the employees, culture, business processes, and type of
the work.