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The chapter discusses four types of change that organizations typically encounter—technological, structural, task, and people change. Which of these is Elon Musk dealing with at his companies?

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Q: The chapter discusses four types of change that organizations typically encounter—technological, structural, task, and people change. Which of these is Elon Musk dealing with at his companies?

Organizational Change

Organisational Change is the process of analyzing the currents situation of the company and take corrective measures to improve the organization, which helps to improve the productivity of the company as well as stability for the company. Before going for taking the change in the organization, the company should carefully look at the availability and what's going in the company what is bad and what will need to change. Any aggressive action in the company will affect the ongoing process of the business. Before makes any change in the organization, the company should prepare a committee and then decide what should be changed and what is a priority for the business.

Type of Organisational Change

• Technological Change
• Structure Change
• Task Change
• People Change

1. Technological Change

Technological Change is the process of upgrade the current technology of the company by analyzing the current technology of the company and analyzing what other competitors and international market technology trend.​​​​​​​

For Example: From Register Attendance to Biometric Attendance in University

2. Structure Change

Structure change means to move an employee from one department to another department, redesign the overall structure of the company like the change of supervisor, add a new department, reshuffling of the organization's leaders, subtraction department from existing, create a new chain of the department. This method helps to modify the organization into new.

For Example: Add Quality department in Existing Production Department

3. Task Change

Task change is the way of organizational change in which the company changes or shifts the task and job of the employee. Task change means to change the working of the employee or change the work in the company. Task means the change of working for the organization.

For Example: Change the work of the Business

4. People change

People Change is the concept of Organisational Change in which the company changes the people, if the company feels any employee not suitable for the company, then the company takes immediate action to change the employee. The company can change an employee from one department to another department this is also called People Change.

For Example: Hiring of New Employee for the Production Department.

Q: Which of these is Elon Musk dealing with at his companies

When Elon Musk dealing with his company(Tesla Inc.), he tried to modify the organizational Sturtue and tried to restart the Business organization most effectively and elaborately. He always tries to make company management most effective and efficient. He always analysis the company's current organization structure and reconstruct it as per the need of the business.