Explain comprehensively what you believe are the most important characteristics for the success of implementing organizational change. In an organization, there are many variables. These include leadership, those involved such as employees, motivations such as financial gain and the current economic climate along with many others. For organizational change to be successful there are many characteristics and criteria that must be met before it can lead to success. Change is when a “Company or organization is going through a transformation. Organizational change occurs when business strategies or major sections of an organization are changed. "[1] This means that areas of an organization progress from one action position to another in an attempt to improve the efficiency or ability of an area. Motivation to change can have a large impact on sustaining of the people involved, this could be due to extrinsic factors such as financial gain or intrinsic factors such as ethical practice, this motive however must be sufficiently strong and required with a realistic vision of success that will promote support from those in the organization they attend to the causes of the change. Those who are not affected will often be ambivalent about the effort required to make the change. Deciding the necessary action to take before implementing any change requires great amounts of thought and consideration as every change made represents a risk potential for an organization and some changes can mean interference or conflict between departments of the organization thus creating a disharmonious mechanism which in turn can seriously affect the performance of an organization. It's a common analogy that an organization or company is like a clock, with different gears and mechanisms... in the center of the paper... Item Template - Change Management Training from MindTools.com. nd. MindTools.com. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newPPM_94.htm. [Accessed 20 January 2014].Forces for and resistance to organizational change- 2010. Fred C.Lunenberg. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.nationalforum.com/Electronic%20Journal%20Volumes/Lunenburg,%20Fred%20C.%20Forces%20For%20and%20Resistance%20to%20Change%20NFEASJ%20V27%20N4% 202010. pdf. [Accessed January 20, 2014].What is organizational change? definition and meaning. nd Business Dictionary [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/organization-change.html. [Accessed January 20, 2014]. Top-down organizational change initiatives and Emerald insights. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/learning/management_thinking/articles/pdf/top_down.pdf. [Accessed 20 January 2014].