Summit Corp.is transitioning from a multinational strategy to a transnational strategy.It would probably be more effective and less costly if the company commenced its accompanying organizational transition by focusing on changing employees' attitudes and mentalities,than it would be if it led its efforts by engaging in structural change.

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Forcing changes in the organizational process and management mentality by altering the formal structure can have a high cost.The new relationships defined in the reorganized structure will often take months to establish at the most basic level and a year or more to become truly effective.Developing new attitudes and behaviours will take even longer because many employees will be frustrated,alienated or simply unequal to the new job requirements.Alternatively,most change processes can be managed in a more evolutionary manner,focusing first on the modification of individual perspectives and interpersonal relationships before tackling the formal redistribution of responsibilities and power
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