Assignment - Change

1. Anticipatory Change is planned change based on a situation.

a. A female manager temporarily replaced for maternity leave. One would expect to hire a temporary replacement for the position until the manager returns from maternity leave.

2. Reactive Change changes made in response to unexpected situations.

a. 9/11 caused extreme reactive change to Performing Arts Center. A staff of 22 people was cut down to a staff of 5. This was due to the fact Lower Manhattan shutdown for almost a month. When everyone came back they were told that there wasn’t any reason to keep all but 5 on staff since all the programming and rentals had been canceled or refused to perform. The loss of jobs came as a reaction to the loss of support of business from the community and clients.

3. Incremental Change is subsystem adjustments required to keep the organization on course.

a. Incremental change may come from revising a marketing plan. Perhaps the public is not responding to the initial promotion of a product, a coupon or discount may be created in order to get butts in seats and meet the expected income.

4. Strategic Change is altering the overall shape or direction of the organization.

a. The Obama/Biden team will alter the overall shape and direction of the running of the US Government. Almost everyone’s positions will be changed to those Barak Obama selects. This would mean a very different way of decision making, communication and policy than what has happened in the past 8 years.