This document discusses organizational change and innovation. It addresses why organizations need to change due to external forces. It describes the three step change process of moving from the status quo to a new state and making the change permanent. It also discusses why people resist change due to factors like uncertainty and habit. Finally, it provides techniques for managing resistance to change and ways managers can encourage innovation in an organization such as stimulating creativity and having idea champions.
84. Individuals who actively and enthusiastically
support new ideas, build support for, overcome
resistance to, and ensure that innovations are
implemented
IDEA CHAMPIONS