Incremental and Radical Change
Change is inevitable in every organization. The primary goal of every organization is to make a profit and to have consistent growth in its development. This would then require them to make changes often to their system after a review of the continuing processes to actual the growth desire (Covalcante, 2014). Usually, this is the work of the management team who come up with these changes. Every organization has a different approach towards bringing about change in the organization. This paper aims at discussing the incremental and radical change in organizations.
Incremental change deals with minor adjustments that are introduced into already existing systems in the organization (Norman & Verganti, 2014). The main goal is to add gradual change but in a slow manner and in a way that it would not affect the organization’s daily activities. Often it would go unnoticed. It is characterized by a series of small steps, occurring over a long period. They may be as a result of problems arising at the course of work and are thus fixed, and life moves on.
Incremental change can be implemented in the organization through ways like streamlining, reengineering, cost reduction, and optimization. Streamlining deals with the improvement of efficiency in the organization through the simplification or elimination of some steps within processes that are termed unnecessary. This may include introducing other modernized techniques or using different approaches.
Business reengineering is involved with rethinking and restructuring the organization mostly on its objectives. It looks more in-depth into what the organization does and seeks to alter the purposes to fit the desired goal (Grant, 2016). Some of the aims may be to improve customer service, for example, reduce operational costs and improve the competition level to the top competitor among other competitors in the market.
Cost reduction deals with cutting down the cost of items within the organization. This stems mainly from the cost of production. The aim of cost reduction may be to increase the profits of the organization or to reduce the sales price of their items. This may be in favor of the customer to sell the product at prices that are affordable to them. Cost reduction also would enable the company to compete more favorably with other companies.
Optimization deals with increasing the efficiency and the effectiveness of the organizational activities. This may include processes and procedures that are currently at the organization. Optimization aims at maximizing the capital within the organization to ensure there is no wastage. This may consist of both the human and the technical resources that are available within the organization.
Radical changes are used in the organization to bring significant changes that can be felt and often happen within a short time. It involves activities like coming up with new strategies, new philosophy, the latest methods of doing things. The current state of affairs in the organization will be different from the final result if the organization is to go through radical changes.
Based on the need for the change in the organization, I would recommend incremental change because it helps deal with small upcoming problems. This way, the company can mitigate challenges which would have brought about significant damage. Incremental change is also cheaper and does not alter the daily activities of the organization.
References
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Grant, D. (2016). Business analysis techniques in business reengineering. Business Process Management Journal, 22(1), 75-88.
Norman, D. A., & Verganti, R. (2014). Incremental and radical innovation: Design research vs. technology and meaning change. Design issues, 30(1), 78-96.