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Response indicates three preconditions for change and either steps to tackling change. Two references.

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Change cannot happen automatically. This is a very delicate issue. It requires three things:

* Management commitment,
* Universal approval, and
* Appropriate measures and rewards.

Management Commitment:

In order for anything to happen in an enterprise, including change, executives and managers must be consistently committed to making it happen. Only enterprise leaders can ensure that resources necessary to effect the change are available. Consistent commitment means that the change becomes both an enterprise strategy and an enterprise goal that leaders continuously and obviously support. The visibility of leadership support is a primary factor in achieving universal approval for change.

Universal Approval:

Internal change is successful only when the ...

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