Organizational Change Management: Case study / Company X : Aleksi Hakatie (2018)

Abstract

The objective of this thesis is to comprehend change management and leadership through different viewpoints. Starting first on organizations and organization types following management methods to organizations types analysis, and change processes; individual change, which leads to team change, organizational change, and different perspectives on change, and how all those factors can be found in an organization. This thesis explores the various dimensions of leadership and management, change management. The research topic is to benchmark and evaluate the current state of change management in company X. Case Company X has changed its working processes due to increased workload. Still, the working capacity has remained the same, subsequently, of the workload, some working methods have changed. Increased workload with the previous working methods could have exceeded working capacity, and previous working methods could have caused various non-wanted situations. The background of this thesis is to detect challenges and propose improvements. Considering the objectives of this thesis and Company X, the most convenient research method is a combination of quotative study and qualitative interview study; theme interview based on the results of quotative study. The theme interview is concentrated on focused themes, and it aims to gather in-depth information on the research topic, and how the assumptions reflect the theme interview results.