Strategic Options In Managing Change

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Thinking strategically as a Management Committee involves analysing the organisation’s internal and external environment and being responsive to change. Sometimes the challenges which these present will require making some difficult decisions regarding activities, services or the overall role or function of the organisation. In these circumstances, the committee must be able to stand back and take a strategic view of the options open to them.


Following are examples of strategic options, which could apply to services, activities or the overall function of the organisation. You could choose a different strategy for different services according to need.

If change is needed, it is important to think through the pros and cons of each option for change, and always keep the vision and mission of the organisation at the forefront of your considerations.

Retrench

Reduce, divest or close services/activities or work in geographical areas


Reduce Costs

Reduce costs for particular service/activity or in a geographical area

Maintain

Continue services/activities as they are

Experiment

Pilot services to a new client group, a new kind of service or in a new geographical area

Quantitative Expansion

Increase the numbers of clients or the extent of provision

Expand Boundary

Of a particular client group, or the amount of service provided, or the boundary of the geographical area

Switch Strategy

A radical change to switch services totally to an unrelated client group, type of service, or geographical area

Piggyback

Develop fee-earning services to subsidise other activities – cross subsidy of activities

Collaborate

Develop a closer partnership with another agency in relation to a particular client group, service or geographical area

Improve Quality

Improve the quality of services or activities (maybe in a key geographical area)

New Related Strategy

Switch services to a related client group, type of service, or geographical area

Unrelated Expansion

Expand to add services to an unrelated client group, or to an unrelated type of service, or in an unrelated area


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