What is Incremental Process of Change

At the theoretical level, several authors have modeled the progression of change, which has given rise to several explanatory processes of change (planned, political, interpretative, incremental, complex processes, etc.). Each process has particular change characteristics. The empirical results showed the coexistence and complementarity of several explanatory processes of change to explain the change observed in the projects planned by the senior management. In this descriptive chapter, we present a synthesis of the different characteristics of the explanatory processes of change as well as the empirical results of their confrontation in the field. The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the importance of the different characteristics of change that shift up over time. A consideration of this aspect will allow managers to better target the managerial actions to be implemented throughout the change process in order to succeed it.