John P. Kotter’s “Leading Change” is the quintessential book for any organization looking to successfully bring about change in the workplace. As many of us know‚ change is never easy‚ but Leading Change helps by offering a plan of action. Leading Change has been used by many organizations‚ both large and small as a road map‚ to establish new policies successfully and with minimal resistance. The book offers a step by step process to introduce and successfully inplement changes. The book describes eight
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Change is vital in every organization to survive and to keep up with the ever-changing technology and environment. They include globalisation‚ clashing cultures and diversity‚ changing technology‚ challenging economies‚ the need to be more efficient‚ innovative and responsive to customer demands‚ corporate social responsibilities‚ and aging and growing population (Thompson‚ 2009). In order to survive‚ organizations are required to constantly change so that it remains competitive with the changing
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Victoria Webb Communication system (Nurse Call) implementing. Many factors drive change in a business. Lewin identified four forces. In Lewin’s model there are forces driving change and forces restraining it. Where there is equilibrium between the two sets of forces there will be no change. In order for change to occur the driving force must exceed the restraining force Lewin’s analysis can be used to Investigate the balance of power involved in an issue‚ Identify the key stakeholders on the
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Introduction Kotter (2011) defines change management as the use of basic structures and tools to control any organisational change efforts. To this end change management is the guiding of change to a desired goal. It is an ever-present feature of organisational life (Burnes‚ 2004 cited by Todnem By‚ 2005). My exposure to change was whilst working for a SME. The company‚ which had five retail stores throughout the west of Ireland‚ was an o2 mobile phone network dealership and also a DVD movie rental
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Organizational Change Organizational transformation is required with major business change initiative and it impacts most of the organization. It fundamentally changes the structures and ways of doing business. Since it is large in scope‚ it is difficult to accomplish. The success of the business initiative is dependent on the success of the organization transformation. For the organization transformation to occur a change process must be utilized. The change process insures that there is acceptance
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Implementing Change Omar Essar HCS 475 January 2‚ 2013 Dr. Baron Smith Implementing Change Positive or negative‚ change can be challenging to manage because employees need to be on board and be obliged to make necessary changes as well as adjust his or her work habits. When implementing change‚ a manager may run into numerous obstacles from resistance from the staff to morale issues. This is primarily caused by a lack of understanding by the employees and a fear of how the
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Organizational Change Organizational Change If you are a business leader today there is one thing that constantly runs through your mind‚ “How can we continue to succeed and grow.” In today’s society it has become harder and harder to accomplish such a task. The world is ever changing and it does so in a pace that is far more rapid than that of 20 years ago. Business leaders know that change is inevitable‚ but where the problem lies is how to manage the change in a way that will allow for continued
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Resistance to Change reasons Changing an organization is often essential for a company to remain competitive. Failure to change may influence the ability of a company to survive. Yet employees do not always welcome changes in methods. According to a 2007 survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)‚ employee resistance to change is one of the top reasons change efforts fail. In fact‚ reactions to organizational change may range from resistance to compliance to enthusiastic
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Organizational Change Dana Gibson 8642 W Golf Rd Apt 6 Des Plaines‚ IL 60016 847-687-8687 dgdrgibson@gmail.com GM591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Instructor R Salitore 12/11/2011 Introduction The organization that I will be completing my final project on is Aon Hewitt. Aon Hewitt is the leader in Human Resources Solutions such as consulting‚ benefits administration and HR business process outsourcing. Within the organization I am a Benefits Operations Manager‚ my role
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structural issues that promote resistance behaviours in your organization? Q2) Review a recent change in your organization. Can you identify the strategies used to reduce resistance? What other strategies would you use now? Theory Kotter & Schlesinger (2008‚ P.134) demonstrates that the most common ways to overcome resistance to change is to educate people about it beforehand and communicating the ideas of change. Ford & Ford (2009‚ P.100) identified that the resistance can be a form of feedback and resource
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