Blended Change Management: Concept and Empirical Investigation of Blending Patterns

Michael REISS

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DOI: 10.4236/ib.2009.12008                

Abstract

In coping with the challenges of revolutionary or evolutionary change processes, change managers do not rely on single tools but on toolboxes containing several domains of tools. The impact of toolboxes on change performance depends both on the complementary inter-domain mix and the intra-domain blending of tools. The patterns of blending are investigated both conceptually and empirically with respect to scope, diversity and coupling of tools. Survey results indicate that blending practices are predominantly determined by rational tool evaluation and by task context.

Keywords

Blending, Toolbox, Web Tools, Integration, Blended Change Management

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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