This document discusses change management in organizations. It defines change management as an alteration in an organization's design, strategy, or processes to influence members to behave differently. The document outlines the scope of change management, including understanding changes in individuals and organizations. It describes different types of changes organizations face, both planned and unplanned, as well as internal and external forces driving change. The document also discusses stakeholders' perspectives in change processes, critical elements of change management, and reasons why changes may fail within organizations.
2. Scope
Understanding and Managing Change
Changes in an Individual
Change Management in an Organization
Implementation of Changes
Types of Changes
Strategies to help reduce Stress during
Change
Culture and Climate
Goal setting
3. CHANGE MANAGEMENT
DEFINITION
An alteration in organization
design, strategy or processes, or
some other attempt to influence an
organization’s members to behave
differently
Jay W. Lorsch
4. It is the effective management of a business
change such that executive leaders, managers
and front line employees work in concert to
successfully implement the needed process,
technology and organizational change
Or
An alteration in organization design, strategy or
processes, or some other attempt to influence an
organization’s members to behave differently
or
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5. EXTERNAL / INTERNAL
CHANGE
External Forces of
Change:
Technological
changes
Market Changes
Economic Changes
Competition
Work Force Changes
Social impact
6. EXTERNAL / INTERNAL
CHANGE
Internal Forces of Change:
Reinvention - a redesign of the
organization as a whole
Reengineering - a redesign of a
processes within an organization
Continuous Improvement
7. PLANNED AND UNPLANNED
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES
Planned Changes
• Changes in products and
services
• Changes in administrative
systems
• Changes in organizational
size or structure
• Introduction of new
technologies
• Advances in information
processing and
communication
Unplanned Changes
• Performance gaps
• Governmental regulations
• Economic competition in the
global arena
Organizational
Change
8. TYPES OF CHANGE
Reactive change
Change that occurs when the forces
driving change provide so much
pressure that the organization
must change.
Proactive change
Organizational change that occurs when
managers conclude that change is
desirable (as opposed to necessary).
9. Stake Holders of Change
1. Implementers (Top-down
Managers’ Perspective)
Project managers
Consultants
Members of the project team
2. Recipients (Bottom-up
Employees’ Perspective)
10. Primary Concerns
Let us get it done, Wait,
Not get it done
When can change be implemented?
How much change will be realized?
How will change impact our financial
performance?
What is the required investment?
How will the change impact our
customers?
11. Roles in the Change Process
Change Sponsors:
envision the needed change
Create a vision statement
Inspire others with the vision
Change Targets
Must change their skills, knowledge, or
behaviors because of the planned
changes
Change Agents
Responsible for the day-to-day efforts that make
the planned change happen
12. If the Change is not Managed Properly?
More resistance
Important personal leave the
organization
Customers feel impact indirectly and
upset employees
Productivity declines
13. As Change Managers
Understand:
Why is change important?
How is change used?
How to prevent and manage resistance to
change?
How to minimize productivity loss?
How to avoid unwarranted turnover?
14. What Can Change Agents Change?
Physical
Setting
Structure
People
Technology
15. Critical Elements for Organizational
Change management
Change management team structures
Change management roles
Critical barriers to implementing change
Change management planning and strategy
Managing employee resistance
Organizational change management
methodologies
Building executive sponsorship
Creating communication plan
Creating training and education programs
Incentive
16. Managers unwilling to assign needed
resources
Managers not allowing their
representatives adequate time to
participate
Distraction of employees due to change
and lose interest in what they were doing
thus impacting production
Employees leaving organization
Disinterest and sickness
Unforeseen obstructions from no where
Lack of funding
Why do changes fail?