Change management

As the name implies it is a process of managing the change of organizations. Change managers have a variety of approaches, but the concept was pioneered by Julien Phillips, a McKinsey consultant in the early 1980s. It is often referred to at the McKinsey 7S Model: 1) Strategy to anticipate or respond to change in the environments; 2) Structure of the organization to make the changes; 3 Systems in the organization to make the changes; 4) Style and culture needed to make the changes; 5) Staff changes in attitudes and new hiring; 6) Skills need to make the changes; and 7) Shared Values/Superordinate Goals being aliened in the organization.