AQA
Business studies
Unit 10
Managing
strategic change
,
, Specification Checklist
3.10.1 Managing change
Causes of and pressures for change Types of change include:
• internal change
• external change
• incremental change
• disruptive change.
Managing change should include:
• Lewin’s force field analysis
The value of change
The value of a flexible organisation Flexible organisations include:
• restructuring
• delayering
• flexible employment contracts
• organic structures v mechanistic
• knowledge and information
management.
The value of managing information
and knowledge
Barriers to change Kotter and Schlesinger’s four reasons
for resistance to change.
How to overcome barriers to Kotter and Schlesinger's six ways of
change overcoming resistance to change.
3.10.2 Managing organisational culture
The importance of organisational Cultural models should include:
culture • Handy’s task culture, role culture,
power culture and person culture
• Hofstede’s national cultures
The influences on organisational
culture
The reasons for and problems of
changing organisational culture
3.10.3 Managing strategic implementation
How to implement strategy
effectively
The value of leadership in strategic
implementation
The value of communications in
strategic implementation
The importance of organisational Organisational structures to include:
structure in strategic implementation functional, product based, regional
and matrix structure.
The value of network analysis in Network analysis to include:
strategic implementation • understanding and interpreting
network diagrams
• amendment of network diagrams
• identifying the critical path and
total float.
Business studies
Unit 10
Managing
strategic change
,
, Specification Checklist
3.10.1 Managing change
Causes of and pressures for change Types of change include:
• internal change
• external change
• incremental change
• disruptive change.
Managing change should include:
• Lewin’s force field analysis
The value of change
The value of a flexible organisation Flexible organisations include:
• restructuring
• delayering
• flexible employment contracts
• organic structures v mechanistic
• knowledge and information
management.
The value of managing information
and knowledge
Barriers to change Kotter and Schlesinger’s four reasons
for resistance to change.
How to overcome barriers to Kotter and Schlesinger's six ways of
change overcoming resistance to change.
3.10.2 Managing organisational culture
The importance of organisational Cultural models should include:
culture • Handy’s task culture, role culture,
power culture and person culture
• Hofstede’s national cultures
The influences on organisational
culture
The reasons for and problems of
changing organisational culture
3.10.3 Managing strategic implementation
How to implement strategy
effectively
The value of leadership in strategic
implementation
The value of communications in
strategic implementation
The importance of organisational Organisational structures to include:
structure in strategic implementation functional, product based, regional
and matrix structure.
The value of network analysis in Network analysis to include:
strategic implementation • understanding and interpreting
network diagrams
• amendment of network diagrams
• identifying the critical path and
total float.
