New year good time to revamp organization?

As firms make final preparations to combat Y2K problems, some wonder if there is opportunity amidst the anxiety. Might companies use the coming millennium change as a theme for change in their organizations?

Management consultant Pamela Dennis, president of Destra Consulting in Boulder, says the new year can serve as a catalyst for getting managers and employees alike to think fresh about their work.

“To me, the turn of the century is an opportunity to say, `What does it mean to be moving into this new century. What’s going to be different?’ ” says Dennis.

Her firm, which counts GE, Sun Microsystems, and…