By implementing radical change, an organization breaks the frame of reference and creates a new equilibrium that can transform the entire organization by creating a new structure and management strategy through technological tools. Change is also process of creating a new product for an old or emerging market. In another word, incremental changes, which occur through the established structure and management processes, focus on continuous progression, maintaining the equilibrium within the organization. It can affect only a part of the organization and may also include technology improvement and product development. Environmental forces for change.
Some external forces have a strong or less effect on today businesses.
Among them I can enumerate diversity of the workforce, cultural forces, ideological forces, market conditions, and technological forces. These forces affect the production process, the managerial and marketing strategies as well as people within the organization. Diversity on the workplace. Organizations must be aware that today workforce is composed not only by white male but also by women and people of color. 49.5 percent of the new entrants into the workforce in the United States will be women between 1990 and 2005, while men will be 50.5 percent.