According to beer and nohria(1998),approaches that are able to combine the best of the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ models (our third column ) are generally the most fruitful. As such, their characterization provides a useful starting point in spot lighting the need to balance what is often presented as two opposing idealized types and yet there and some key political process issues that are absent in their analysis, As we shall see later, they fail to accommodate the full range of drivers that stimulate and shape change processes. For example, the maximization of shareholder value or the development of organizational capabilities may not be at the forefront of change initiatives that are in response to critical and unforeseen junctures in the world economy. This may be in terms of the collapse of certain financial markets, world conflicts, terrorist attacks or dubious management practices that undermine the standing of major business corporation. Company decisions to relocate to other parts of the world can leave a alginate cant void in regional business markets and necessitate major change initiatives Among network firms.