IntroductionAccording to Johnson et al. (2006) strategy is “the direction and scope of an organization over the long term, which provides it with an advantage through the configuration of its resources in a changing environment, to meet the needs of markets and the expectations of parties stakeholders”. With ever more dynamic and complex environmental conditions, strategies are constantly evolving and must be adapted to different contexts, situations and contingencies. For this reason, effective change management is fundamental to organizational survival and success and different approaches and means of change management are required for different types of change. This brief synthesis of the literature will first analyze the most important questions about organizational change identified by the literature over the past three decades following Armenakis (1999) and Balogun and Hope Hailey (1999). He will then present the transitional curve (Gingerella, 1993) as a tool that can help to better understand the change management process. Finally, it will examine how the literature views change as a threat or opportunity and what role corporate culture plays in the process. Organizational ChangeArmenakis (1999) identifies content issues as the primary research theme on organizational change issues. Changes may relate to the transformation of the organization through the adoption of new staff behaviors (long-term changes) or periods of transactions (short-term changes). Changes can occur in terms of scope, when they involve a simple realignment within current organizational beliefs and assumptions (paradigm) or when they require a transformation of the organization; or in terms of nature...... middle of paper ...... vior is the anxiety of its members in the face of the unknown processes of change. Pauchant describes a number of solutions to this state of mind and these behaviors, in particular by helping leaders to experience crisis phenomena through simulations in order to move from the anxiety of the unknown to the fear of something , thus enabling action.ConclusionsThis literature review has discussed the importance of how changes are perceived in the organization and the tools available to better cope with them. It first analyzed the available literature on how changes are identified. He then moved on to introduce the transition curve as a tool for monitoring changes. Finally, he reviewed the role played by corporate culture and how the literature views change as a threat, an opportunity, or simply a common element of organizational life...