Integrative Paper: The Heart of Change Bridget J. Capers MNGT 5590: Organizational Behavior Instructor: Francis Lonsway December 6‚ 2011 Introduction The book “The Heart of Change” is a book of real-life stories of four hundred individuals from one-hundred and thirty businesses. According to Kotter and Cohen‚ organizations change when their people change. And‚ people change for emotional reasons. Kotter and Cohen warn against relying on spreadsheets
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Step 2 Putting together a group with enough power to lead change. No matter how able that person is‚ no one person can lead change. it is imperative to put together the right team people to help lead that change. The team must have a significant level of trust in one another and share the same objective. Kotter says when putting this team together there are four qualities of an effective guiding coalition. In putting together a Guiding Coalition‚ the team as a whole should reflect:
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urgency people don’t move. Kotter suggests that for change to be successful‚ 75% of a company’s management needs to "buy into" the change. In other words‚ you have to really work hard on Step One‚ and spend significant time and energy building urgency‚ before moving onto the next steps. Step 2 Creating the Guiding Coalition Convincing people that change is necessary often takes strong leadership and visible support from key people within your organization. Managing change isn’t enough – you have
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT MODELS EXAMINATION “KOTTER EIGHT-STAGE CHANGE PROCESS” AND “ESTATES AND FACILITIES MANAGER ACTUAL CHANGE PROCESS” AS PART OF THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMME 2007-2008 DATE: 14th January 2008 NAME: Michael Harbour TITLE: Change Management Models Examination “Kotter Eight-Stage Change Process” and “Estates and Facilities Manager Actual Change Process” TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. 3.0 SUMMARY 1 4.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 5
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Note: Guiding change may be the ultimate test of a leader – no business survives over the long term if it can’t reinvent itself. But‚ human nature being what it is‚ fundamental change is often resisted mightily by the people it most affects: those in the trenches of the business. Thus‚ leading change is both absolutely essential and incredibly difficult. Perhaps nobody understands the anatomy of organizational change better than retired Harvard Business School professor John P Kotter. This article
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Integrative Intercultural Communication Paper Elie De Jesus COM/360 December 13‚ 2010 Don Case Integrative Intercultural Communication Paper “Health is a universal human aspiration and a basic human need. The development of society‚ rich or poor‚ can be judged by the quality of its population’s health. How fairly health is distributed across the social spectrum‚ and the degree of protection provided from disadvantage due to ill-health. Health equity is central to this premise
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Our iceberg is melting by John Kotter “Once upon a time a colony of penguins was living in the frozen Antarctic on an iceberg near what we call today Cape Washington.” The following summary will explain the key moments of the fable and how they relate to our lives. First‚ let’s introduce some of the more important penguins – the Leadership Council members. Louis‚ the head of the Leadership Council‚ could perhaps be considered the CEO of the penguin colony. Alice is a smart‚ aggressive member
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Relevance of Kotter’s and Cohen’s Eight Steps for Implementing Change Initiatives and John Ivancevich’s Organizational Behavior Concepts Organizational Behavior Throughout my career‚ I have encountered continuous and constant change. Regardless of my assignment‚ I could always count on change‚ whether in people‚ technology‚ equipment‚ mission‚ or war. Successfully leaders and units were always able to handle change well‚ could adapt‚ get the unit headed in the right direction
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Introduction Change is one of the most basic and consistent basis of life‚ it is constant throughout every aspect of our lives. Even with its consistent nature and ever presence‚ it is our human nature to avoid and resist it. The Heart of Change‚ by John Kotter and David Cohen (2002)‚ shows the processes by which all the negative atmosphere around change can be made to be positive and change can be effective. Kotter and Cohen focus on redirecting attitudes about change and minimizing the disruptions
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The Heart of Change‚ written by John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen‚ reflects upon change and its influence on organizations. Kotter and Cohen claim that change is the only constant. By focusing on change management through the behaviors of people‚ the authors claim that an eight step process to alter organizational changes is possible and can lead to successful outcomes. The author demonstrates the success of change management through real life scenarios that influenced and motivated change in that
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