that organizations have to find ways to be more effective‚ more innovation‚ more customer-driven‚ and more agile. Cumming and Worley (1997) define organizational development as “a process that applies a broad range of behaviour science knowledge and practices to help organizations build their capacity to change and to achieve greater effectiveness”. Therefore‚ OD will help organizations understand how people act to change and which change methods can work with the resistance to change that usually occurs
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"Change is inevitable. Change is constant” -- Benjamin Disraeli The world we live in is full of uncertainties‚ the only certain is change. Change in simple words is to make something different from what it is. The very existence of our society can be attributed to an unwitting caveman who discovered fire and changed the way we ate. The discovery of the wheel changed the way we thought; the invention of electricity changed our lifestyle completely. Throughout the ages we have seen men trying
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they have just recently taken over three UK building societies which include the Cheshire‚ Dunfermline and Derbyshire. By the end of November 2014 all three Building Societies were fully integrated into Nationwide. Through this massive change Nationwide has still remained number one for customer service in 2014/2015 also being rated number six in the Sunday Times top 100 best companies to work for. Why Organisations Need Change Every successful company has to deal with big and small changes within
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might resist change because of self-interest‚ misunderstanding and distrust‚ and a general intolerance for change. Outline the five techniques that companies can use to manage resistance to change that are described in your textbook and discuss using the refereed journal articles you have researched for this essay. | DATE DUE: DATE SUBMITTED: | LECTURER’S NAME:Anita | TUTORS NAME:Chitra | TUTORIAL GROUP/CLASS TIME:Tutorial 1 | How to Manage Resistance to Change in an Organization
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Introduction Change is a very natural part of life. Very rarely do things remain the same either in our personal lives or our professional lives. People must be able to adapt to these changes in order to keep up with those around them. Some of these changes are easy to take on as people buy into them very quickly and easily. Other changes are met with resistance. If not handled properly‚ this resistance to the change can overcome the change agent thus rendering the desired change impossible to
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managers can be catalysts for change or by definition change agents "People who act as catalysts and manage the change process." (Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg and Coulter‚ 2000‚ p.438) Wether performing the role of the change agent or not‚ change is an integral part of a manager’s job. Change is "An alteration in people‚ structure or technology." (Robbins et al.‚ 2000‚ p.437) Change occurs within and around organisations today at an unprecedented speed and complexity. Change poses threats and creates
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For this case study I will be using The Cycle of Change (TCC) or otherwise known as the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTMC) by Prochaska & DiClemente (1983). This theory was originally used to facilitate and understanding process of behavioural change (Horwath & Morrison 2001). Originally used to understand the process of change for people that wanted to stop smoking‚ it is now applied and used with a wide range of issues. For example‚ treatment from a range of genetic concerns‚ domestic abuse
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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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Innovation and Change II BSBINN601A :Manage Organisational Change Assessment: Changing Management Plan Aged Care Industry background The statistics can be astounding‚ according with aged care online (2011)If dementia were a country‚ it would be the world’s 18th largest economy. If dementia was a company it would exceed American giant Wal-Mart’s profits by almost US$200 billion and Exxon Mobil’s profits by almost $US300 billion. The sheer cost and growth of dementia means that according to
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Contents Introduction-The need for change .................................................................................................................................... 2 1. Resistance to change ............................................................................................................................................ 2 2. OD Practioners ...............................................................................................................................
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