Case Study 2: Implementation Strategies

Information: 26th January 2018

To: The CIO of the company

From: Firm’s business advisor

Subject: Effective business transformation.

Transformation is one of the most critical aspects towards the achievement of the organizational goals. A company that embraces the incorporation of change in its operations is likely to experience more competitive advantage over its rivals. For the company, a lot of work has to be done to come up with changes that can fit into the system. Our company is one of the organizations that direly need a lot of transformation in its areas of activities. The question that remains in mind is what capacity of the transformation implementation it can handle. Having scanned the internal and the external environment of the organization, I do understand that the implementation of the change may not be a walk in the park.

The organization has so many employees who are of diverse background and beliefs. It is a very common practice to have people who will be ready to object the change even if they are of great importance. Secondly, ("Glossary," 2014, p. 67) the company lacks much of the technological advancement that is needed for instance to digitize the operations. This has made the organization to depend on the manual operation ways that are always too slow to help in the achievement of the set objectives. Therefore, it is evident that it will be a very significant task to implement all the transformational views that may be of great importance due to these diverse situations.

For the changes to be realized in the firm, a lot of more resources would be needed. The introduction of new changes will require more time and money to be affected. The time will be invested in the training of the employees on the new tasks that were no within the firm before. Regarding monetary, a lot of money is needed in the training of employees to acquire new skills and also in the purchase of the equipment that would be used in the operations that have been introduced in the system. It is indeed very clear that nothing can come more easily but it has to involve the sacrifice of the firm’s wealth as well. Therefore the business must be ready to do all it can to train and support the employees before they can begin performing the various tasks. Training helps in equipping the employees with more knowledge concerning what they are expected to deliver. It can be done either on- the job or off-job basis.

The five base technology systems enable the firm to fast-track the process of its transformation advancement. Through various innovations, the business capability to adapt to the internal and the external environments, the incorporation of the technology-based system of applications in the business system is very crucial to the success of the organization. The business environment continues to be a very dynamic area that requires proper scanning and the applications of the various changes in the system

It is very difficult to experience the completion of tasks during the transformation period since there are some activities that the employees are involved in. This, therefore, calls for the institution to create time even through compensation during the overtime hours to help the employees meet their objectives. It is very normal to experience resistance during the implementation stage of change into the organization. The following are some of the reasons why you are likely to experience resistance while you are implementing the changes within the firm.

There is the likelihood that some of the employees may be worried due to impending loss of status or the job altogether. The introduction of the heavy use of technology, at times, leads to the retrenchment of many workers. When the employees realize that such occurrences may be experienced, they try all that they can to resist the changes. Secondly, ("Starting the Journey: Developing a Strategy and Roadmap to Guide Your Business Transformation," 2014, p. 34) there is always the surprise and the fear of the unknown. This makes the employees uneasy in participating in the transformation programs.

They may be in fear of their lives or the impending danger that awaits them in the oblivion. The organizational politics is the major challenge in the implementation programs. Many high ranking personnel does not always want to be overtaken by the junior employees. They may be ready suppress the junior employees however much how creative they are so that they may be not in a position to replace them at the helm of power. This level of egocentrism makes the firm to lose a lot and also derogatory approach towards positive change.

To conclude, change is always fundamental to the business society. It should be noted that the business world itself is not always very static and therefore requires a timely update regarding approach. Effective incorporation of the change in the business process is likely to bring more mouthwatering ventures to the firms that are very lucrative. The company success will mean the success of the society since the organization is also involved in the community service delivery among other issues.

References

Glossary. (2014). Business Transformation, 165-172. doi:10.1002/9781118891544.gloss

Starting the Journey: Developing a Strategy and Roadmap to Guide Your Business Transformation. (2014). Business Transformation, 113-129. doi:10.1002/9781118891544.ch7