Strategic change management at the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC)

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Otele, Oscar M.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Change management is the use of systematic methods to ensure that organizational change is guided in the planned direction, conducted in cost effective and efficient manner as well as completed within the targeted time frame and with the desired results. Strategic change management aims at aligning structures, systems, processes and behaviour to the new strategy (Ansoff and McDonnel, 1990). This study argues that organizations exist as open systems and that is why they are always in continuous interaction with the environment in which they operate. So as to remain successful organizations are currently aligning their operations to suit the changing environment. Literatures on change management have acknowledged that given the uniquiness of each organization, there is no one theory that defines or explains organizational change. This set the background against which the study sought to establish strategic change management practices at the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC). The study utilized a case study form of research design to collect both primary and secondary dataat the IIEC. Interview guides and focus group discussions were used to collect primary data from the sampled top management officials and representatives from selected stakeholders respectively. Secondary data was drawn from both published and unpublished works on change management. Using content analysis, the data collected was summarized according to the study themes under strategic change management practices. The study established that IIEC embraced strategic change management practices including adoption of clear changes in organizational structure, clear forms of communication channels,
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