Managing the Costs of Constant Changes in the Activities of High-Tech Enterprises

Abstract

This article considers the solution of the actual scientifc and practical task of managing the costs of planning and implementing organizational and production changes at enterprises from high-tech industries. The authors present a modifcation of M. Porter’s model of competitive forces for high-tech industries and single out a separate managerial function — constant management of timely changes. The article considers the function of cost management, compares two approaches to change management and gives recommendations for optimization of corresponding costs taking into account the cost of management errors.

Keywords

• change management
• cost optimization
• error cost
• management function