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What is Change??
Change is a structured approach
to transitioning individuals,
teams, and organizations from a
current state to desired future.
Factors for Change..
• Nature of the workforce
• Technology
• Economic Shocks
• Competition
• Social Trends
• World Politics
ICICI & KV Kamath
• Kamath rejoined India’s leading financial
services co. in 1996 as the CEO replacing
Narayan Vagul.
• Aimed at making ICICI a market driven co.
• Initiated a lot of Organizational changes
immediately to make ICICI a financial
powerhouse.
• Kamath identified ICICI’s limited expertise as
the biggest problem and decided to make ICICI
Changes by Kamath..
• Creation of infrastructure group (IIG), oil &
gas group (O&G), planning and treasury
department (PTD), structured project groups
(SPG).
• Creation of Client groups like major client
group (MCG), growth client group (GCG),
personal finance group.
• Change in employee reward system.
• ICICI-BoM Merger.
Consequences of Changes..
• Kamath’s ‘too fast too soon’
approach created a lot of confusion
and unrest among the employees.
• Employees found creation of groups
unacceptable.
• Lack of proper training and expertise
for various groups.
Consequences (contd.)
• No relationship between
performance and reward.
• BoM merger lead to huge cultural
differences in the organization.
• BoM employees feared regarding
their positions coming under
scrutiny.
Organization Culture
Culture is a system of shared
meaning held by members that
distinguishes the organization
from other organizations.
Characteristics of Culture
• Innovation and risk taking.
• Attention to detail.
• Outcome orientation.
Characteristics (contd.)
• People orientation.
• Team orientation.
• Aggressiveness
• Stability.
How employees learn
culture.
• Stories
• Rituals
• Material Symbols
• Language
Overcoming challenges &
ICICI’s culture
• ICICI organized training programmes
for existing employees.
• The company appointed consultants
to handle the change management
problems and work culture.
• A 360-degree appraisal system was
put in place.
(contd.)
• The HR issues were successfully
handled by ICICI, which resulted in
high morale of the employees.
• ICICI’s employee strength and
profitability kept on increasing over
the years.
• By the end of 2000, ICICI emerged as
one of the largest financial institution
of India.
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