Is There Any Use in Changing?

Theo Janssen
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Theo Janssen: THR Janssen Beheer BV

Chapter 1 in Enterprise Engineering, 2016, pp 1-3 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract There are quite a few books for sale on organizational behavior in general, and management of change in particular. One would expect that those trees were cut for a good reason—in short, that we would know by now what the best change program and what its best implementation strategy is. But sadly more than 70 % of the change programs worldwide do not achieve the desired return [1–3]. This percentage is even higher according to some researchers, and there are even researchers who claim that not a single change program has had the desired effect [4]. Also 96 % of all the mergers and takeovers are very problematic (research Hewitt and Associates, 2009) apparently as a result of ‘cultural problems’. These are rather shocking findings, and one thing is for sure: there is something wrong despite the willingness of all the parties involved.

Keywords: Shocking Discovery; Change Program; Cultural Problems; Implementation Strategies; Change Experts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24172-2_1

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