Think about two or three organizations with which you are familiar. Carry out an environmental assessment for each organization. To help you with this, consider:

● the PEST factors and the organizations’ internal environments;

● how past historical developments (either in societal or organizational terms) have influenced the organizations’ strategies and operations.

Using Ansoff and McDonnell’s (1990) framework, make a judgement about the level of environmental turbulence prevailing for each organization.

Match these levels to Stacey’s (1996) types of change situations.

Identify the similarities and differences in the three organizational environments.

What lessons can you draw about the probability of each organization responding to future environmental triggers for change?