National Policy and Supports for Organisational Change

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National Policy and Supports for Organisational
Change Innovation

• Dr. Damian Thomas
• 6th October 2003

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National Policy and Competitive Advantage

• National policy is a source of competitive
  advantage national and organisational level
• Increased internationalisation and deepening
  political integration
• Reinforces the need to develop a co-ordinated and
  integrated policy framework and supporting
  infrastructure
• Small open economy potential gains/ costs are
  higher
• How can a more integrated and effective policy
  infrastructure be developed to assist
  organisational innovation, workplace change and
  workforce development

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National Policy and Supports

• Evolving Governance Structure
• Robust and interlocking network of agencies and
  actors
• Consistent, competitiveness and employment
  generation problem solving and innovation
• New combination of policy making, implementation
  and monitoring
• Flexible Developmental State
• Does the governance infrastructure have the
  ability and capacity to modernise our workplaces
  for the future?

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National Policy and Supports

• All the actors institutions within the national
  policy framework must embrace organisational
  change and innovation
• Speed up and improve the ways in which the system
  anticipates, manages and adapts to change
• Coherent and co-ordinated strategy for workplace
  modernisation
• Organisational capability and learning
• Encourage workplace reorganisation and
  institutional change
• Support positive and productive relationships
• Recognise the ways in which jobs and skill
  content are being reconfigured
• Support the strategies that organisations are
  adopting in response to external pressures

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National Policy and Supports - Key Questions

• Have we got the ability and capacity to modernise
  our workplaces for the future
• If not how do we improve the ways in which the
  system anticipates, manages and adapts to change
• How do we develop within different institutions,
  the knowledge, skills and core competencies to
  proactively engage in problem solving, strengthen
  organisational capability and creatively manage
  change
• How best can employer organisations, unions,
  managers and employees be assisted to explore
  ways to support positive and productive
  relationships