ABSTRACT
It is a truism to state that society in general—and organizations in particular—are experiencing profound and wide-reaching change. The only certainty is uncertainty itself, and, with quantum changes and discontinuities in all aspects of life, the world of tomorrow will not be like the world. The various commentators on this global upheaval agree that we are in the midst of a significant and sharp transformation, where worldview and values, political and social structures, arts and institutions are all altering in ways that are difficult to predict. The impact will be felt across infrastructure, science and technology, the environment, health and medicine, education and training, lifestyle, work, and business. The challenge for organizations is therefore in moving beyond the environmental turbulence and in dealing with organizational transitions by learning and actively managing change. "For an organisation to survive, its rate of learning must be equal to, or greater than, the rate of change in its external environment.".
