Status of socio-technical change in indian automobile industry - A longitudinal study

Management of change has assumed a great deal of importance in Indian automobile industry. Managing change is posing a big challenge to Indian firms in the wake of globalization and liberalization. Successful change demands that all major areas of an organization are kept in focus concurrently. These areas are technology, structure, systems, people and culture. It is seen that all these areas are interwoven and cannot be emphasized upon in isolation. This paper presents the current status of socio-technical change in Indian automobile industry, strategies used for management of change and results there of. The study has been made through survey in Indian automobile companies using a specially designed questionnaire. Many aspects of socio-technical change like change in various areas of change management, i.e. technology, systems, structure, people and culture, resistance offered to change efforts, change agents, extent of change and results of change efforts have been considered. Effect of socio-technical change on competitiveness of the organizations has also been determined.