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    This document outlines the key aspects of organizational change including: 1. It defines organizational change as planned alterations to achieve organizational objectives and discusses Lewin's model of the change process involving unfreezing, changing, and refreezing. 2. It identifies common causes of change as external forces like markets and technology, and internal forces like deficiencies and personnel changes. 3. The document describes four main types of organizational change: task, structural, technological, and behavioral. It also discusses strategic and process responses to change. 4. Resistance to change is examined at the individual and organizational level, and methods for dealing with resistance like education and leadership are presented.

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    This document outlines the key aspects of organizational change including: 1. It defines organizational change as planned alterations to achieve organizational objectives and discusses Lewin's model of the change process involving unfreezing, changing, and refreezing. 2. It identifies common causes of change as external forces like markets and technology, and internal forces like deficiencies and personnel changes. 3. The document describes four main types of organizational change: task, structural, technological, and behavioral. It also discusses strategic and process responses to change. 4. Resistance to change is examined at the individual and organizational level, and methods for dealing with resistance like education and leadership are presented.

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    This document outlines the key aspects of organizational change including: 1. It defines organizational change as planned alterations to achieve organizational objectives and discusses Lewin's model of the change process involving unfreezing, changing, and refreezing. 2. It identifies common causes of change as external forces like markets and technology, and internal forces like deficiencies and personnel changes. 3. The document describes four main types of organizational change: task, structural, technological, and behavioral. It also discusses strategic and process responses to change. 4. Resistance to change is examined at the individual and organizational level, and methods for dealing with resistance like education and leadership are presented.

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    ORGANIZATION

    CHANGE
    TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
    Meaning & Nature of Organization Change

    Causes for Organization Change

    Types of Organizational Change

    Process of Organizational Change


    ORGANIZATION CHANGE: MEANING &
    NATURE
    Meaning:

    Planned alteration in the existing organizational system to achieve something desirable.

    Nature of Change:

    1. It is Planned Change.

    2. It can be either Proactive or Reactive Change.

    3. Disturbs existing equilibrium.

    4. Takes place in all organizations.

    5. Organizations change in several ways.

    6. Objective of change is to help achieve organizational objectives in the best possible


    manner.
    CAUSES FOR ORGANIZATION CHANGE

    EXTERNAL FORCES INTERNAL FORCES

    Market Situation Deficiencies in the existing system

    Technology Change in Managerial Personnel

    Population Dynamics Other Changes

    Political & Legal System


    TYPES OF CHANGE

    Strategic Responses
     Task Change

     Structural Change

     Technological Change

     People or Behavioral Change

    Process Responses
    Type of Strategic
    Refers to Aims at
    Responses

    1. Task Change Task  job which varies in terms of Aims at changing the product or service of the organization in
    autonomy, variety, task identity, the following ways:
    feedback and significance. 1. By expanding the current business.
    2. By diversifying business.
    3. By merging with a firm in unrelated business.
    4. By divesting/ outsourcing a segment to another party.

    2. Structural Structure  number of hierarchical Aims at modifying structure by:


    Change levels, span of control, ways in 1. Making organization more centralized or decentralized.
    which parts are organized & related 2. Reallocating Authority
    to one another. 3. Broadening / Narrowing span of control.
    4. Adopting a new structure.

    3. Technological Technology  refers to the Aims at improving the efficiency of machines and workers by
    Change methods, techniques & processes changing:
    used to convert input into outputs. 1. Man – Job Relations
    2. Job – Job Relations
    3. Man – Man Relations

    4. People/ People  Refers to the individuals Man can be changed at 3 levels:


    Behavioral Change that fill up & perform the jobs in the 1. Knowledge
    organizations. 2. Behavior
    3. Attitude
    THE CHANGE PROCESS

    Calm Waters Metaphor – proposed by Kurt Lewin


    White-Water rapids metaphor
    The Change Process
    • The Calm Waters Metaphor
     Lewin’s description of the change process as a break
    in the organization’s equilibrium state
     Unfreezing the status quo
     Changing to a new state
     Refreezing to make the change permanent

    • White-Water Rapids Metaphor


     The lack of environmental stability and predictability
    requires that managers and organizations continually
    adapt (manage change actively) to survive.
    PROCESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

    Unfreezing Changing Refreezing

    • Identify the • Individual • Reinforce the


    need for Components new behavior
    change • Group • Find ‘fits’
    • Increase the Components between
    driving force • Task organizationa
    • Reduce the Components l
    resisting • Structural components.
    forces Components • Maintain ‘fit’
    • Technology between
    Components organizationa
    l components
    RESISTANCE TO
    CHANGE
    Individual Resistance: Organizational Resistance:

    Fear of Economic Loss


    Organizational Structure
    Obsolescence of Skills
    Resource Constraints
    Status Quo

    Fear of Unknown Threat to Power & Influence

    Social Displacement
    Sunk Costs
    Peer Pressure
    DEALING WITH
    RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
    KOTTER, 2008
    Education & Communication

    Participation

    Facilitation & Support

    Leadership

    Incentives

    Manipulation

    Coercion

    Group Dynamics
    Kotter, 2008
    Reducing Resistance to Change

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