CHANGE MANAGEMENT MID TERM NOTES CHAPTER 1- Patterns of change and their implications for change management Theories Relating to Patterns of Change: 1. Gradualist Paradigm o Posits that an organization changes and develops through a continuous process of incremental adjustment (ideal) • Accumulate over time to ensure that the organization is always aligns with its external environment 2. Punctuated Equilibrium o Most organizations experience change as a discontinuous process often referred
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author of this report is an organization development professional (O.D. professionals) who use the behavioral science to maximize the productivity of the company as well as diagnosing problems within the company. O.D. professional is also good at ‘change management’ by helping the company to minimize the risk and resistance when processing large scale transitions. 1.2 Aim and Scope In order to be survive and developed in the market economy‚ companies and organizations must be hardly compete with
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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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Resistance to Change MGT 426 Laurence Saidman One of the many characteristics that add to the scarcity of change being implemented successfully within organizations is the resistance to change. Resistance to change is to be expected at some level in any organization‚ and can bring out a resilient reaction. The resistance may come in various forms and can be the main destroyer of vision and progress within many organizations. Resistance to change can poison the whole process of change (Palmer
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organization for the change‚ including external and internal pressures. 3 The change strategies used by GrainCorp and AWB 4 DLA loses Adelaide office 4 The rationale‚ i.e. the reasons provided by the organization for the change‚ including external and internal pressures. 4 The change strategies used by DLA Phillips Fox and its partnership- Adelaide office. 5 No limits: Freehills bonus scheme 5 The rationale‚ i.e. the reasons provided by the organization for the change‚ including external
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Resistance to Change Introduction There are many factors that management must consider when planning for organizational change. Employee resistance to change is one of the biggest factors that management must prepare for. If management does not overcome employee resistance to change‚ the organizational change will not be successful. In order to overcome resistance to change‚ management must first diagnose the organization. Diagnosis includes collecting data‚ a dialog of discovery
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18 MANAGING CHANGE Chapter Scan Organizations have to keep pace with current issues related to quality‚ technology‚ diversity‚ globalization‚ and ethics. This requires managing both change and resistance to change. All organizations experience external and internal forces for change. There are numerous organization development interventions available to managers. Diagnosis and needs analysis are essential first steps in any change management effort. LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading
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Briefly explain the change management initiative. Change management initiative is a logical method of an organization transformation process—based on qualitative and quantitative information—from key stakeholders perspective. When an organization is experiencing a change process‚ it goes through several phases: acceptance‚ acclimation and commitment. From this change process‚ Palmer‚ Dunford and Akins discuss in Managing Organization Change the six different images of managing change. These images
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A larger change in which I was recently involved was changing which grade I teach. Since I began at my school‚ I have taught ninth grade (though as I mention above‚ it is not the norm to continue teaching the same grade). As of the beginning of April‚ I no longer teach ninth grade and instead am now teaching seventh grade. As the RTC chart shows I’m not very resistant to change. Although teaching ninth grade had become my routine‚ I mildly welcomed the change. There are a few reasons why I didn’t
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In a narrative format‚ discuss the key facts and critical issues presented in the case. In this case study‚ the regional claims manager‚ Christine Brooks‚ is tasked with reorganizing the Westchester zone in order to consolidate 4 offices into one office by the end of the year. She anticipates challenges because of this change and has a plan to work with the managers to make the transition as smooth as possible. There is background provided on the insurance industry’s history over the past years
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