ABSTRACT

Think back over your own working life and/or that of other members of your family or friends. What major changes have occurred in the organizations you or they have worked for? Jot down two or three.

In almost any organization there’s a good chance that major change has taken place in recent years in one or more of the following ways:

■ the development of a totally new product or service; ■ a significant expansion or reduction of the workforce; ■ a merger with, or a take-over of/by another organization; ■ restructuring to eliminate layers of management and/or create new depart-

mental boundaries; ■ the relocation of premises.