Overheard in the tech blogosphere » OCM http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard A Whatis.com blog Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Overheard – Organizational change management http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-organizational-change-management/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-organizational-change-management/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:52:19 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/?p=2962 The foremost principle of risk communication is that ‘perception equals reality.’  In other words, what is perceived as real is real in its consequences. Employees react to perceived threats, rather than to ‘reality.’ Their level of stress during times of change is proportional to their perception of threat.

Joseph G. Wojtecki, Jr., and Richard G. Peters, Communication Organizational Change: Information Technology Meets the Carbon-Based Employee Unit

Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is organizational change management.

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