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Managing change

Synonyms:
Controlling change
Broader:
Managing
Adapting to change
Narrower:
Creating alternative society
Managing business change
Managing environmental change
Managing technological change
Managing administrative change
Sustaining existing initiatives
Forming intentional communities
Conveying sociological sciences
Preparing for post-industrial society
Developing hedging strategies for the unexpected
Constrained by:
Increasing pace of life
Facilitates:
Reaching critical mass
Facilitated by:
Maintaining social management
Promoting social transformation
Improving planning and management systems
Problems:
Disruptive change
Faltering structural adjustment in the world economy
Fear of future change
Global crisis
Government resistance to institutional change
Inadequacy of prevailing mental structures to challenge of human survival
Inadequate models of socio-economic development
Increasing pace of life
Lack of political will
Rapidly changing cultures
Resistance to change
Suspicion of imposed change
Values:
Change
Unsociable
Changeableness
Transformation
Organizations:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Legacy International
Voluntary Service Overseas
References:
Davies, Anthony: Managing for a Change
Subjects:
Society → Social
Management → Management
Cybernetics → Control
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

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