Challenges of Transition

A new organizational unit within an institution in transition has a two-fold birth pang: the newness of the unit, and the transition of the larger institution itself.

Also, two protocol forces coexist in terms of management reporting and subordination mechanism: the unit can be immune to the conditions of the larger institution and vice versa, such that the small unit gets left out in the flux of organizational change management.

The writer of this blog is situated in a new unit (small), created as a result of international pressure to increase the larger's compliance to world safety regulations. Commencing the small unit's existence was undoubtedly a challenge in itself. In retrospect, three concerns abound: new procedures, new logistical mechanisms and new people to train with the procedures and stuff... new everything.

Challenges can be on the menials such as maintaining the supply chain of paper and ink to the larger ones such as forging alliances with other departments to forward your own micro-ICT policy (yes.. we have functional ICT concerns and our staff are recruited based on their ICT proficiency).

The newness of the bureaucracy has some things to teach us, such as Strategic Communications, where memos are logically drafted to achieve an approval or to keep higher management informed of what's going on in your unit so as not to be left out from the larger unit's wave.

Let this blog evolve from mere journaling to a provocative collection of management analyses in the context of the job of the Chief Information Officer.




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