Change management implications for network organizations

The purpose of this paper is to investigate possible change management implications for networks organizations. This is achieved through applying six critical management issues (CMI´s) from the change management framework DELTA on a taxonomy consisting of three generic types of network organizations. The paper is built on an empirical base comprised of over 150 expert interviews and 121 questionnaire respondents. Questionnaire respondents and interviewed experts represent middle to top management of companies of all sizes involved in networks. The results show that the framework applied to the change management in the different networks highlights and addresses different management activities per CMI. Given this, we discuss the differences in managerial implications that the framework identifies for the different types of networks.