ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

Despite the popularity of planned change efforts, the failure rates of implementation are as high as 50 to 70 percent. While these efforts are affected by technical issues, the organizations’ approach to change, technological capabilities, leadership, assessment, planning, organizational culture and...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Yusuf Yüksel
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
TR
Publicado: Erciyes University 2015
Materias:
-
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/8cd1a1772a134dc8be3287b30a9c0a7e
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:8cd1a1772a134dc8be3287b30a9c0a7e
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8cd1a1772a134dc8be3287b30a9c0a7e2021-12-02T12:19:11ZORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES1308-31982667-581110.17680/akademia.20691https://doaj.org/article/8cd1a1772a134dc8be3287b30a9c0a7e2015-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/erciyesiletisim/issue/5873/77702https://doaj.org/toc/1308-3198https://doaj.org/toc/2667-5811Despite the popularity of planned change efforts, the failure rates of implementation are as high as 50 to 70 percent. While these efforts are affected by technical issues, the organizations’ approach to change, technological capabilities, leadership, assessment, planning, organizational culture and communication strategies are thought to play a more critical role. The central purpose of this study is to examine the role that communication strategies play in the implementation of a popular planned organizational change model known as Compstat. Data were collected in this case study through in-depth interviews and documents, and analyzed using grounded theory. The study revealed that the role of communication in the implementation of Compstat in informing, persuading officers about change and in understanding and addressing sources of resistance was not taken seriously into consideration by change agents. For the most part, communication was regarded as a symbolic activity utilizing one-way, bureaucratic channels (meetings and written orders) and formal language. The end product of this communication strategy was a high level of uncertainty, fear and anxiety and thus resistance of officers to Compstat, who were willing to understand Compstat, change their routines and be a part of this new work environment.Yusuf YükselErciyes Universityarticle-organizational change communication uncertainty resistance.planlı örgütsel değişim i̇letişim belirsizlik dirençCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96ENTRErciyes iletişim Dergisi, Vol 4, Iss 2 (2015)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
TR
topic -
organizational change
communication
uncertainty
resistance.
planlı örgütsel değişim
i̇letişim
belirsizlik
direnç
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
spellingShingle -
organizational change
communication
uncertainty
resistance.
planlı örgütsel değişim
i̇letişim
belirsizlik
direnç
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Yusuf Yüksel
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
description Despite the popularity of planned change efforts, the failure rates of implementation are as high as 50 to 70 percent. While these efforts are affected by technical issues, the organizations’ approach to change, technological capabilities, leadership, assessment, planning, organizational culture and communication strategies are thought to play a more critical role. The central purpose of this study is to examine the role that communication strategies play in the implementation of a popular planned organizational change model known as Compstat. Data were collected in this case study through in-depth interviews and documents, and analyzed using grounded theory. The study revealed that the role of communication in the implementation of Compstat in informing, persuading officers about change and in understanding and addressing sources of resistance was not taken seriously into consideration by change agents. For the most part, communication was regarded as a symbolic activity utilizing one-way, bureaucratic channels (meetings and written orders) and formal language. The end product of this communication strategy was a high level of uncertainty, fear and anxiety and thus resistance of officers to Compstat, who were willing to understand Compstat, change their routines and be a part of this new work environment.
format article
author Yusuf Yüksel
author_facet Yusuf Yüksel
author_sort Yusuf Yüksel
title ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
title_short ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
title_full ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
title_fullStr ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
title_full_unstemmed ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
title_sort organizational change and communication strategies
publisher Erciyes University
publishDate 2015
url https://doaj.org/article/8cd1a1772a134dc8be3287b30a9c0a7e
work_keys_str_mv AT yusufyuksel organizationalchangeandcommunicationstrategies
_version_ 1718394524320923648