Gain insight into how you can meet organizational readiness challenges facing your company as you adopt new technology. Take the right steps and implement change management strategies to ensure that your organization adapts effectively to change and ultimately becomes a best-run business.
Organizational Readiness
SAP Executive InsightToday's executives have more challenges and concerns than ever. In the past several years, executives have had numerous challenges around compliance, environmental issues, global competitiveness, workforce legalization, and technology enablement. And the list goes on. At the crux of enabling any organization to thrive and ultimately excel within a competitive landscape lies a technology frame-work capable of meeting today's marketplace require-ments while positioning the company for future growth and challenges. Although this may sound trite or obvious, more and more executives doubt their company's ability to ef-fectively get ready for the change to become a best-run business that fully leverages their technology investment.
This SAP executive insight Organizational Readiness ex-plains the organizational readiness challenges that compa-nies face. It describes - at a high level - how to establish a framework for success, how to meet overall objectives, and how to create an environment receptive to change and prepared for sustainability.
It helps answer the following questions:. W hat are the potential organizational change manage-ment challenges to my company as we adopt new tech-nology to improve our business processes?. H ow can I assess the readiness of my company for change?. H ow can I ensure that my organization adapts effectively to change and ultimately becomes a best-run business?
2 SAP Executive Insight - Organizational ReadinessEXECUTIVE AGENDA
At a Glance
The Path to Organizational The Importance of Change Enabling Organizational ChangeChange Readiness Maybe change is an overwhelming val- Employees are typically the backbone There are three fundamental actions ue proposition. Maybe your organiza- of any organization's original business company executives should take to tion truly is the only one on the planet model. They possess knowledge of ensure that their organization is ready capable of meeting your customers' undocumented business processes, for effective change: needs. Or maybe it's just plain luck. work diligently to keep customers sat-. Understand the challenges. Entering Whatever the reason you have for isfied, and often compensate for a lack uncharted waters can cause fear, resisting change, history tells us that of organizational discipline and struc-uncertainty, and doubt within any any competitive advantage can disap- ture. But while this business model organization. To prepare your organi- pear quickly - leaving an organization relies on the heroics of the individual, it zation for change, it is paramount to question its future. What was once is not scalable.that you fully understand the task at effective might no longer work as glob-hand and the potential barriers to al competition increases, consumer Changing a company's products, ser-achieving your organization's readi- patterns change, or cost pressures vices, or business processes can be a ness goals. Unfortunately, companies escalate. significant undertaking. But unless an are often either unaware or limited in organization is capable of change at the their knowledge of the specific chal- Organizational change cannot be employee level, it does not really mat-lenges of organizational change man- ignored, considered optional, or left to ter what strategy a company chooses agement (OCM). last-minute planning. The reality is that to embark upon. An employee base . Assess your current level of readi- change is going to happen - whether or either unwilling or incapable of change ness. Before your organization can not you plan for it. An organization can prevent an organization from excel-proceed on its journey to future must be prepared to reinvent itself or ling and could eventually lead to its transformation, it must first assess face harrowing consequences in demise.where it is. It is important to evaluate today's marketplace. And it is best to where your organization falls on the manage that transformation deliberately However, the right OCM approach can "readiness continuum." and proactively. help your organization achieve the . Implement effective change man- goals set out by the leadership team agement strategies. Successful while ensuring a successful initiative or organizational change results from a software implementation project. An well-planned strategy. Create a suc- organization ready for change has a... [download for more]
