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Business Change

The adoption of any new idea or behavior by a business, which can be a result of internal and external pressures, and can be radical or incremental.

Radical Change

Results in a major alteration of the business, often initiated by critical events.

Incremental Change

Occurs more frequently, is less traumatic to the business, and is part of its natural development.

Proactive Change

Anticipating alterations in the business environment and implementing change to gain a competitive advantage.

Reactive Change

Business is impacted by the environment and forced to change to protect its market position.

Driving Forces for Change

Initiators, encouragers, and supporters of change in a business, including owners, managers, employees, competitors, legislation, pursuit of profit, reduction of costs, globalization, technology, innovation, and social attitudes.

Restraining Forces

Factors working against change in a business, such as managers, employees, time constraints, organizational inertia, legislation, and financial considerations.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Specific criteria used to measure business performance in areas like market share, net profit, productivity growth, sales, absenteeism, staff turnover, wastage, customer complaints, website hits, and workplace accidents.

Force Field Analysis Theory (Lewin)

A process to determine significant forces driving and restraining a proposed change, involving defining the change, identifying forces, analyzing, developing an action plan, and evaluating the response.

Porter's Generic Strategies

Strategies for pursuing a competitive advantage, including lower cost strategy and differentiation strategy, achieved through economies of scale, efficient asset use, lower operating costs, technology, marketing, patents, quality materials, relationships, innovations, training, and distributors.