Change in Textile and Clothing Industry

Abstract

Traditionally, Textile and Clothing Industry has been known for its incremental changes but the current global business environment creates the premises of multiple organizational disruptive changes. Change Management helps people to transition structural change in a positive and efficient manner. Small and medium enterprises in Textile and Clothing Industry face a particular set of challenges – new technologies requiring high investments, relocation arbitrage on labor costs, regional industry protectionism, volatile consumer preferences, need for new managerial skills etc. – all these demanding a rebalance of managerial focus from operational excellence to strategic and change management excellence. A Change Management Model, with associated implementation discipline and attention to global market trends, represents a necessity for current managers active in Textile and Clothing Market.