The Second Curve. Driving Individual and Organizational Change

Roxana Cioclov and Ioan Lala-Popa
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Roxana Cioclov: West University of Timisoara, Romania
Ioan Lala-Popa: West University of Timisoara, Romania

Expert Journal of Business and Management, 2017, vol. 5, issue 2, 155-165

Abstract: The following paper presents the applicability of the “second curve†concept in the organizational environment, emphasizing the importance of coordinating the individual and organizational changes in a pre-established direction. Moreover, the aim is to offer a theoretical and practical basis for all the practitioners that need to control change and to plan any further next steps, being it either an individual career development or an organizational growth planning. In order to conclude this, the paper approaches organizational change as a constant necessity, willing to demonstrate that the individual controlled changes implemented at the correct moment will have a controlled organizational impact and will therefore lead to organizational change and development. Also, using the “second curve†as the representation of a change in the initial path (considered the “first curve†), the paper redefines change as a solution not only to problems and issues, but as well as a method of keeping the current momentum going, when the current path is already positive. In terms of methodology, the paper approaches a qualitative method, starting by identifying the preconditions of any change, both at individual and organizational level, and the whole environment where the change further develops. In the end, the research is able to offer a process model that can be followed in order to make changes in controlled environments and to reach desired results.

JEL-codes: J24 O29 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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