Managing Change in Turbulent Times
Today change has changed. No longer is it additive. No longer does it move in a straight line (linear). In many industries it is now discontinuous, abrupt, and distinctly non-linear, as radically different ideas and commercial developments render established products and services obsolete. as a result, jobs have been enriched, enlarged, redefined, and, in many cases, eliminated. People with the kinds of skills that are strategically valuable have been recruited, selected, trained, developed, and, in many cases, eliminated. This unprecedented turbulence has created a critical workplace challenge: to revitalize and rebuild employee spirit, work-team performance, and organizational effectiveness during and following major organizational changes.
This workshop will highlight what we know about managing change, and it will present an application of change management in action using a consumer-product group based in San Francisco, Ca. After reviewing the challenges the company faced as a result of its acquisition by a European multinational firm, the workshop will review actual procedures used to implement the change-management process, as well as review the results of that process, lessons learned, and best practices.
Keywords:
Turbulence, Change, Management, Downsizing
Stream:
Change, Human Resources
Presentation Type:
60 minute Workshop Presentation in English
Paper:
A paper has not yet been submitted.
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Professor Wayne Cascio
Professor, Management, Business School, U. of Colorado-Denver
UNITED STATES
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Wayne F. Cascio is US Bank Term Professor of Management at the University of Colorado at Denver. He is past chair of the HR Division of the Academy of Management and past president of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. An elected Fellow of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, and the National Academy of Human Resources, he received the Distinguished Career award from the Academy’s HR Division in 2000, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) in 2004. Currently he serves on the Boards of Directors of CPP, Inc., the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation, and the Academy of Management.
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Larry Fogli
President, People Focus, Inc.
UNITED STATES
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Larry Fogli received his undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California-Berkeley. He has held management positions at Wells Fargo Bank and Safeway Foods. He has been a consultant to domestic and multinational companies, primarily in the San Francisco Bay area, for more than 25 years, and he has consulted with more than 150 firms in both the private and the public sectors of the economy. Dr. Fogli has had substantial experience in financial, retail, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, professional sports, entertainment, and insurance industries. His expertise has been applied to several major companies and industries in design and implementation of management and personnel systems to improve both individual and company effectiveness. Dr. Fogli has published in professional journals and books on a variety of topics and is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Division of Consumer Psychology.
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