Change Management versus Management of Change ― How to Surf Those Waves to Retain PSM and Other Management Systems

摘要

The rate of economic change is forcing enterprises to rethink management systems and individuals to innovate and implement new practices very rapidly. New trends and success stories lead companies to reorganize, reengineer, outsource and downsize at a cataclysmic pace. New changes roll in like waves on the beach and the process of disorientation and reorientation repeats itself. Keeping process safety management (PSM) cost-competitive requires continual review of its principles and goals in order to stabilize a strong link to the leadership's target. A PSM system that encompasses the appropriate structure enables managers to use the PSM's elements to monitor the progress of their business and anticipate difficulties. The key is creating a road map that will not only maintain the company's PSM memory, but one which will also serve as a back-up for the management system created by the "change management." Management effectiveness depends on the integration of purpose, methods and measures. The process begins with preparing to not only change the way we think and act, but also the way we analyze and document changes. A review of the elements of the PSM that can be measured and monitored for these purposes will be presented. Unbridled creativity is not all that is required for a completed business solution. Controlled structure and results are still the bottom line.