MANAGING CHANGE WITHIN THE ATTORNEYS’ PROFESSION
| dc.contributor.author | VILLION, JEAN PIERRE | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-06-24T08:39:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-06-24T08:39:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-06-24 | |
| dc.description | MBA - WBS | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Prior to the 1980’s, the historically staid and conservative legal profession had not been compelled to react to a dynamic and changing business environment; neither had it been subjected to any meaningful form of competition from nontraditional sources. The ensuing years have, however, seen the erosion of the role played by traditional legal practitioners in the provision of legal services, both to the general public and to corporate clients. It has been recognised over a substantial period of time that regulatory issues, incursion into the field by non-traditional service providers, demands for more high quality services at lower costs, and the effects of technological developments, are, collectively, the root cause of change affecting the legal profession. Furthermore, the professions around the world have been swept up in the broader movement of deregulation and in which the professions are no longer seen as distinct from business and are no longer immune from the demands of competition reform. In the quest to manage the change impacting the profession, the legal establishment is faced with three inter-dependant tasks - to respond to change; to capitalise on change; and to create or influence further change. The professions response to change ought to include embracing change and adopting a pro-active posture – to place it in a position to master change. Having mastered change, the profession places itself in the position where it is has the potential to capitalise on change. However, in order to realise this potential, the profession needs to create and influence further change – to its established structures. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10214 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Change management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Attorneys | en_US |
| dc.title | MANAGING CHANGE WITHIN THE ATTORNEYS’ PROFESSION | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |