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Which of the following is a common pitfall in change management?
Which of the following is a common pitfall in change management?
What is essential for effectively communicating a change vision?
What is essential for effectively communicating a change vision?
What approach can undermine the communication of a change vision?
What approach can undermine the communication of a change vision?
Which strategy is likely to enhance understanding of the change vision?
Which strategy is likely to enhance understanding of the change vision?
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What should not be the focus when communicating a vision for change?
What should not be the focus when communicating a vision for change?
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What is NOT an effective way to establish a sense of urgency in an organization?
What is NOT an effective way to establish a sense of urgency in an organization?
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Which strategy is most effective for generating short-term wins?
Which strategy is most effective for generating short-term wins?
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What is a common pitfall when attempting to implement change?
What is a common pitfall when attempting to implement change?
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What is essential for consolidating gains after implementing change?
What is essential for consolidating gains after implementing change?
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Which approach is important for anchoring new changes in organizational culture?
Which approach is important for anchoring new changes in organizational culture?
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How can an organization create a sense of urgency?
How can an organization create a sense of urgency?
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Which method helps effectively communicate the change vision?
Which method helps effectively communicate the change vision?
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What is a key activity in building a guiding team for change?
What is a key activity in building a guiding team for change?
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What is a significant risk when trying to reinforce new changes?
What is a significant risk when trying to reinforce new changes?
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What often misguides leaders in change management?
What often misguides leaders in change management?
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Study Notes
Implementing ERP: Change Management
- ERP implementation is challenging due to change management, impacting the human side of the company.
- Success or failure of ERP implementation depends on reducing invasiveness, complexity and risk, using Change, Project, and Risk Management.
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Q1: Why Implementing an ERP System is Challenging?
- Change management is a method for supporting company-wide changes from a human perspective.
- Implementation projects are complex and risky.
- Lack of employee participation can lead to resistance and hostility.
- Costs can be very high, often the most expensive investment.
- Standardization of business processes can impact crucial factors for success.
- Implementation impacts control of technology over a long implementation cycle.
Q1. Why Implementing an ERP System is Challenging?
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Pain Points:
- New business models may not be supported by existing systems.
- Existing systems may have issues with business operations, financial performance, or inventory levels.
- Need for advanced functionality in business growth.
- Too many information systems make up the legacy system.
- Lack of compliance to industry standards like IFRS.
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Benefits:
- Data integration and consistency across departments.
- Single source of truth for information sharing.
- Real-time information access for improved collaboration and communication.
- One process model based on best practice for improved coordination.
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Disadvantages:
- Invasive and complex implementation projects.
- Lack of employee participation and resistance to changes.
- High cost of implementation.
- Standardization of processes impacting critical success factors.
- Loss of control over technology due to long implementation lifecycles.
Organizational Change
- Organizational change is the movement of an organization away from its present state toward a desired future state to improve effectiveness.
- To successfully change people's behavior, focus on the emotional part of the brain.
- Consider people's current situation and motivations.
External Forces for Change
- Competitive: Economic, political, global factors and ethical considerations influence company performance.
- Demographic and social: Population trends.
- Global: Multinational business issues.
Categories of Change
- Evolutionary change: Gradual, incremental, and focused on optimizing existing systems.
- Socio-technical systems theory: Importance of optimizing both the technology and the social system of an organization.
- Total quality management (TQM)/kaizen: Ongoing improvements to enhance goods and services.
- Revolutionary change: Rapid, dramatic, and broadly focused on the organization.
- Reengineering: Fundamental rethinking and redesign of business processes.
- Restructuring: Reducing differentiation and integration by eliminating divisions or levels in the hierarchy.
- Innovation: Using skills and resources to create new technologies or goods.
Kotter's Change Management Model
- 1. Establishing a Sense of Urgency: Create a sense of urgency.
- 2. Build the Guiding Team: Build a strong guiding team.
- 3. Developing a Vision & Strategy: Create a compelling vision and strategy.
- 4. Communicating the Change Vision: Communicate the vision widely.
- 5. Empowering Broad-Based Action: Empower employees to act on the vision.
- 6. Generating Short-Term Wins: Generate short-term wins to build momentum.
- 7. Consolidating Gains & Producing More Change: Sustain momentum and produce more change.
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8. Anchoring New Approaches in the Culture: Reinforce the change in the company culture.
- Steps to implement change should be supported and implemented with a plan to be successful
Leading Change Model - Establishing a Sense of Urgency
- Find ways to communicate information prominently and with impact.
- Analyze market and demographic realities.
- Identify crises, potential crises, or major opportunities to drive change.
- Highlight major weaknesses to emphasize change necessity.
- Make change compelling by showing observable real-world examples.
- Inform stakeholders about future opportunities to drive engagement.
Leading Change Model - Building the Guiding Team
- Create a team of individuals who feel a strong sense of urgency and possess appropriate skills.
- Team members should have relevant knowledge about the organization's internal and external environments, and credibility, connections, and standing within the organization is essential for effectiveness.
- Individuals should possess the insight into barriers preventing optimal success.
- Should have formal authority and leadership skills to navigate communications, visions, and motivate others.
Leading Change Model - Developing a Vision & Strategy
- A clear, understandable picture of the future.
- Appeals to the long-term interests of employees, customers, and stakeholders.
- Realistic and achievable goals.
- Provide guidance in decision making.
- Versatile enough for individual initiatives and responses.
- Easily communicated within a short time frame.
Leading Change Model - Communicating the Change Vision
- Simplicity is key: Avoid jargon and technical terms.
- Use metaphors, analogies, and examples: Make the vision more relatable.
- Repeat the message through multiple channels: Strengthen understanding and engagement.
- Be consistent through leadership by example: Actions aligned with the vision reinforce credibility.
- Address any inconsistencies, clearly explaining any conflicts.
- Two-way communication that includes feedback is a vital step.
Leading Change Model - Empowering Broad-Based Action
- Remove obstacles to change by revising systems, structures, and policies.
- Enlist individuals with change experience to bolster team members.
- Create recognition and reward systems to motivate employees.
- Provide feedback to support better vision-related decisions.
- Implement structures that help support the change and do not undermine it
Leading Change Model - Generating Short-Term Wins
- Plan for visible performance improvements to boost momentum.
- Emphasize the need for short-term wins in change management for employee engagement.
- Demonstrate tangible results to illustrate the positive impacts of change within a short timeframe.
Leading Change Model - Reinforce the Change
- Implement systems, structures and policies that align with the change vision and are consistent with the desired transformation.
- Recruit, develop and promote employees who support the vision, motivating and aligning those involved.
- Reinvigorate processes by introducing new projects and themes to sustain the transformation efforts.
Leading Change Model - Institutionalizing New Approaches
- Integrate new employee orientations and promotions that showcase the values the organization champions, encouraging newcomers to fit the desired ideals.
- Use vivid stories about the organization to highlight successes and values.
- Make the links between specific behaviors and organizational progress clear and understandable.
Impediments to Change
- Individual: Absenteeism, turnover, inertia (due to uncertainty/insecurity and fear of unemployment) or economic reasons; selective perception (how change affects them), low self-efficacy, habit (routines and heuristics)
- Group: Group norms are disrupted by change, group cohesiveness leads to resistance to change (group members are resistant to change, protecting group interests).
- Organizational: Power and conflict, differences in functional orientation (mechanistic structures with tall hierarchies), organizational culture (centralization or decentralization).
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Test your understanding of effective change management strategies with this quiz. Explore common pitfalls, essential communication techniques, and strategies to enhance the understanding of a change vision. Ideal for professionals and students looking to improve their change management skills.
