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Managing Change in Organizations

Running Head : Change in Organizations

Managing Change in Organizations

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Managing Change in Organizations

Why Change Management Is a Challenge to Organization

The change management is all about maintaining a dynamic equilibrium . By diagnosing the situation which arises as the result of change management can ensure that

The goals can be achieved as there should be enough stability

There should be operational continuity so that nothing would distract as the result of change

The organization is adaptable to different situations and

can manage the internal and external events as well as the change

There is enough motivation so when the rite time comes the change can be adopted easily

There 's enough reason so that any harsh decision can be easily taken The management role is all about coping with the change so that the processes (internal as well as external ) should only be minimally disrupted as accelerating change can increase the level of complexity and management problems (Arendt , Hannah 1958

Force Field Analysis

Force field analysis helps in diagnostics and problem solving and is developed by Kurt Levin . It states that management should diagnose the situation and consider any changes in terms of

The driving forces : the factors which are encouraging and assisting in change

The restraining forces : the factors which are hurdles in change

According to Kurt , the force field model suggest the two ways of dealing with change by empowering the driving forces and secondly by weakening the opposing forces before that an analysis of different forces which are similar can be made and if these two forces offset each other then it would result in status quo for example there 's an increasing anxiety in job security in the organization where change is to be brought in further , the change will bring in Fresh challenges and tasks , this will largely offset the job security situation as more motivation can be gained (Geliner , Ernest 1996

Factors Affecting an Individual 's Response to Change

It is a common phenomenon that change affects variably , considerable discussion has been going with the rapid changes and its impact that it brings to its environment in which it happens and whether the change is desirable and the necessity for its rapid introduction . Another school of thought thinks that change is being implemented too slowly that it looses its main objective of competing against competitors and organizations are left behind

Huczynski and Buchanan state that there are four factors of organizational change

Triggers

Interdependencies

Conflict and frustrations

Time lags

Triggers

Change is the result of some kind of disorganizing element within or outside the organization as a result Change has to be brought in . It can be a range of activities which can act as a trigger for change like old machinery is beyond repair , changes in legislations , changes in technology , merger and acquisition activity taking place as a consolidation in the banking sector , economic scenarios etc . These all are the factors which can initiate a need...

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