Kurt Lewin developed a change theory consisting of three stages: unfreezing, moving to a new level, and refreezing. The unfreezing stage involves letting go of old, counterproductive patterns. The moving stage is the process of actual change in thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. The refreezing stage establishes the change as a new habit or standard procedure to prevent backsliding into old ways. Lewin also developed the concept of force field analysis to analyze driving and restraining forces that influence equilibrium and the potential for change.

1. KURT LEWIN’S CHANGE
THEORY
By: Raushan,Alpa,Danish,Shambhu

2. Contents
• Introduction of KURT LEWIN`S
• Research & Analysis
• Change Theory

3. •Born- September 9, 1890 into a Jewish
family, in Moglino, Poland.
•Died- February 12 1947, Newtownville,
Massachusetts.
•Citizenship- Germany, United States.
•Field- Psychology
•Institutions- Institute for Social Research,
Center for Group Dynamics ( MIT ).
National Training Laboratories. Duke
University Berlin
•Known For- Group Dynamics, Action
Research, T-groups.

4. Analysis

5. Force Field Analysis: Driving Forces
 Driving Forces are forces that push in a direction
that causes change to occur.
 They cause a shift in the equilibrium towards
change.
 i.e. A married couple who has to get ready for a
party, the husband is on the couch watching the
football game. The wife encourages her
husband to get ready because there is going to
be free beer at the party. The husband starts to
get ready in a hurry. The driving forces are: The
wife encouraging the husband & The incentive of
free alcohol at the party.

6. DRIVING FORCE

7. Force Field Analysis: Restraining Forces
 Restraining forces are forces that counter driving
forces. They oppose change.
 Restraining forces cause a shift in the
equilibrium which opposes change
 i.e.In the case of the husband and wife getting
ready for the party. Present at the party is going
to be the husbands cousin whom he despises.
The cousin and the husband have not got along
for many years and if the husband was to go,
there surely would be a fight. The husband also
finds out that the beer is non-alcoholic.

8. RESTRAINING FORCES

9. Force Field Analysis: Equilibrium
Equilibrium is a state of being where
driving forces equal restraining forces and
no change occurs
Equilibrium can be raised or lowered by
changes that occur between the driving
and restraining forces

10. Change Theory

11. Kurt Lewin’s Change Theory
Consists of three distinct and vital stages:
“Unfreezing”
“Moving to a new level or Changing”
“Refreezing”

12. “UNFREEZING”

13. “Unfreezing”
Involves finding a method of
making it possible for people
to let go of an old pattern that
was counterproductive in
some way

14. “MOVING TO A NEW
LEVEL”

15. “Moving to a new level”
Involves a process of change
in thoughts, feeling, behavior,
or all three, that is in some
way more liberating or more
productive

16. “REFREEZING”

17. “Refreezing”
Is establishing the change as a
new habit, so that it now becomes
the “standard operating
procedure.” Without this stage of
refreezing, it is easy to backslide
into the old ways.

18. Thank You