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This 11 page paper examines five dilemmas of change in business for change managers. These are Adaptive verses rational strategic development, cultural verses structural change, continuous improvement verses radical transformation, empowerment verses leadership and command and economic verses social goals. The paper examines these individually, looks at how they may manifest and the ways in which they may not be as conflicting as initially perceived. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
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indicative of a lack of clear vision and the result of indecision or apathy. In this paper we will look at the four conflicts identified by Stace and Dunphy (2001),
and the additional conflict of economic and social goals. By appreciating these approaches the change manager may be better able to deal with implementing and managing change. Adaptive v Rational
Strategic Development Adaptive strategic development may be seen as a soft approach whereas strategic development is a hard approach (Stace and Dunphy, 2001). Rational strategies and adaptive strategies both have
many advantages, they also have certain common traits, both call for clear and defined goals consolidated by decisive action which retains the flexibility to respond to changing circumstances, along with
the ability to analyse the situation and utilise original thinking. Looking first at the harder rational approach to stratgies many modern
organisations have embraced though the use of the metaphor of military strategy; Boot Camps have emerged with companies such as Dominoes Pizzas and Honeywell citing the improved teamwork, communication
skills and leadership gained by their employees (Thompson, 1998). Citibank has developed a War Room to assimilate and evaluate information and help retain quality and control, they may be encouraged
by the fact it was a lack of control that was ultimately responsible for the fall of Bearings Bank. Adaptive strategy may be
seen as the opposite of rational. Adaptive strategy, also referred to as emergent strategy recognises that many companies change the direction in which their strategy takes them. Many of these
changes are unpredictable such as changes in the environment in which the strategies are to be put to work in. The changes may be in either the macro environment or
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