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This 12 page paper is a report looking at change and the considerations that should be made when it is implemented. The first part of the paper looks at changes which have occurred in the chemical industry in the since the 1990's, then issues concerning the way change may be resisted and managed are discussed, including potential types of change, potential reactions and strategies to overcome the barriers to change. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
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File: TS14_TEchemchan.rtf
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in demand conditions, as well as internal changes such as changes in the structure of the firm, the systems used or even small changes such as scheduling, changes of employee
facilities through to larger changes such as moving premises and adopting new strategies. In order to introduce changes it is
essential that the changes which have taken place are understood and the process of change along with the different barriers to change that may be present. Change management can be
problematic and difficult, organisational changes to do with new technology and software have a failure rate of 20%, mergers and acquisitions organisational changes fail at a rate of 29% (Maurer,
1997). Reengineering is higher at 30% and of most concern is the figure for quality improvement, which is 50% (Maurer, 1997). The
reasons for the failure of these organisational changes are manifold, but the overriding reason appears to be the resistance encountered when managing change (Maurer, 1997, McCallum, 1997). In order to
control resistance at all levels the change needs to be actively managed, therefore the process of organisational change requires understanding and to be effect the change must be permanent (McCallum,
1997). For a chemical manufacturing plant there have been numerous changes over the last few decades, it is only when these are considered
that the level of change may be appreciated and issues of barriers to change within that organization can be fully assessed. 2. Changes within the Industry The chemical industry
in the UK as a whole has seen some changes. The chemical industry is the UKs largest segment of the manufacturing sector and accounts for 11% of GDSP, it is
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