Succeeding at Organizational Transformation

<p>Organizational transformations are inherently difficult to achieve in any public or private sector. As such there has been a significant body of writing developed primarily in business and the military as to how to achieve successful organizational transformations. The intent of this paper is to synthesize these writings down to five key principles that will then be used to examine several recent western military transformations. They include the attempt at U.S. unification in the 1940s the implementation of the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 the creation of the Australian Defence Force in the 1970s and Canadian Forces unification in the 1960s. Once these historical examples have been used to test the five principles of a successful organizational transformation the current attempt at a transformation of the Canadian Forces will be examined to determine if that endeavor is likely to succeed or not.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>