Greece, a country change management case study

Today, Thursday the 20th, there is another general strike in Greece. The journalists are not taking part, so that people can stay informed on what is happening on the ground. Last time around on May the 5th, the media broke their strike to cover the rallies, and the aftermath of them; the death of three people.

I honestly hope that we will not experience these events again, and no people will get hurt, or die, as a result of them.

You can learn about the New austerity plan for €110bn, or understand the Greek financial crisis with Twitter.

The future ramifications of not changing the economy, and restructuring the way we work and do business will have dire results in the coming years.

Greece is just going through a change management process really fast. People need to understand that, and be more adaptive and realistic.

One definition of Change management

The coordination of a structured period of transition from situation A to situation B in order to achieve lasting change within an organization. Change management can be of varying scope, from continuous improvement, which involves small ongoing changes to existing processes, to radical and substantial change involving organizational strategy. Change management can be reactive or proactive.

Let me also suggest some reference books on "Change Management"

Burnes, B. (2004) Managing Change, London: Prentice Hall.

Hayes, J. (2002) The Theory and Practice of Change Management, London: Palgrave

Brockbank, A. McGill I and Beech, N.(2006) Reflective Learning in Practice, London:Gower

Somekh, B. (2006) Action Research: A Methodology for Change and Development, Open University Press.