| dc.description.abstract | Organizational change is about making alteration to the organizations purpose, culture,
structure and processes in response to seen anticipated changes in the environment.
Strategic management is all about identifying and embedding in the organization those
changes that will ensure the long-term survival in the organization. Globalization of the
world economies has resulted in high environmental unpredictability. Environmental
changes such as advancement in information technological innovations, political, social
and consumer behavior have affected many organizations and they are being force to
enhance their business processes in order to survive in an environment which has become very competitive. Organizations are undertaking strategic changes in order to align their business strategies to the environment and match the resources and activities of an organization to that of the environment.
One of the key priorities of the Kenyan Government is to implement and institutionalize
public sector reforms that would lead to an efficient, effective and ethical delivery of
service to Kenyan citizen.TSC is one of the government corporations that has been
affected by the reform and has been responding depending on the demands of the changes being introduced. The research project was carried out in Teachers Service Commission of Kenya which has been affected by the changes in the environment just like any other organization.
This paper provides a background of the study and discusses change management strategy and strategic change. The paper provides a situational contextual analysis of the TSC and the statement of the problem at the same time highlighting the purpose of the study. The
purpose of the study was to establish strategic change management practices and also to understand the challenges that are face during implementation of changes.The paper
reviews literature on change management, strategies and strategic change, followed by
challenges faced in the implementation of change. The literature review discuses issues to deal with change management practices, strategy and strategic change, challenges faced in\implementing change, institutionalization of change and resistance to change.
Using primary data collected from the senior managers in TSC, the paper discuses the
findings after the data was analyzed focusing on the following areas; creation of urgency
for change, vision for change, implementation of change, change awareness creation,
strategy for change for change, structure for change implementation, plans for change
management, impact of changes to the organization, institutionalization of change and
finally, factors affecting implementation of change.
Finally the study draws conclusion, suggestions and recommendation that would
contribute to high success in change management. In addition the paper highlights areas
for further research relating to change management. | en |
