Planned change is an intentional activity or set of intentional activities designed to create movement toward a specific goal or end. Planned change processes often involve large groups of people and proceed through step-by-step or phase-by-phase activities over time.

Planned Change

Unplanned change is unintentional and is usually the result of informal organizing. It may or may not serve the aims of the organization as a whole, and it may be completely spontaneous when employees in part of an organization want to initiate change.

Unplanned Change

Intentionality is one dimension of organizational change. It refers to the degree to which change is intentionally designed or purposefully implemented.

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When assessing the need for change in an organization, three dimensions are useful to consider: the scope of change, the level of change, and the intentionality of change.

Dimensions of Organizational Change

OpenStax Principles of Management. Source pages used for organizational culture, corporate culture, and management topics. https://openstax.org/books/principles-management

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OpenStax Organizational Behavior. Source pages used for organizational culture and organizational change topics. https://openstax.org/books/organizational-behavior

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The scope of change is one dimension of organizational change. It refers to the degree to which a required change will disrupt current patterns and routines.

Scope of Change

The level of change is one dimension of organizational change. It refers to the breadth of the systems that need to be changed within an organization.

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