15 Questions
Which type of change is initiated with the goals of comprehensive impact on the organization and its performance capabilities?
Top-down change
What is the key characteristic of bottom-up change as described in the text?
Employees are more empowered and involved in the process of change
What is the role of a change leader as described in the text?
Taking leadership responsibility for changing the existing pattern of behavior
Which strategy of change involves direct forcing and political maneuvering?
Force-coercion
What are the reasons for people resisting change?
Fear of the unknown, disrupted habits, and loss of confidence
What are the phases of planned change according to the text?
Unfreezing, changing, and refreezing
What does transformational change involve?
Major and comprehensive redirection
What forces for change include globalization, market competition, and technological developments?
External forces
What does leading transformational change involve according to the text?
Establishing a sense of urgency, forming a powerful coalition, creating and communicating a change vision, empowering others, and celebrating short-term wins
What are the three strategies of change mentioned in the text?
Force-coercion, rational persuasion, and shared power
What does Lewin's three phases of planned organizational change involve?
Unfreezing, changing, and refreezing
What are the internal forces for change according to the text?
Arising in response to external forces or changes in one part of the system
What does the shared power strategy of change involve?
Engaging people in a collaborative process and examining sociocultural factors
What are the methods for dealing with resistance to change mentioned in the text?
Education and communication, participation and involvement, facilitation and support, and explicit and implicit coercion
What does planned change aim to align the organization with?
Anticipated future challenges
Study Notes
Managing Organizational Change
- Successful and enduring change combines advantages of top-down and bottom-up approaches.
- Transformational change involves major and comprehensive redirection, while incremental change adjusts existing systems and practices.
- Leading transformational change involves establishing a sense of urgency, forming a powerful coalition, creating and communicating a change vision, empowering others, and celebrating short-term wins.
- External forces for change include globalization, market competition, technological developments, and social forces and values, while internal forces arise in response to external forces or changes in one part of the system.
- Planned change can be either unplanned, a response to unanticipated events, or planned, aligning the organization with anticipated future challenges.
- Planned change occurs in three phases: unfreezing, changing, and refreezing.
- Lewin's three phases of planned organizational change are depicted in Figure 18.3.
- Three strategies of change include force-coercion, rational persuasion, and shared power.
- Force-coercion strategy involves direct forcing and political maneuvering, while rational persuasion relies on persuasion backed by special knowledge and rational argument.
- The shared power strategy engages people in a collaborative process and involves examining sociocultural factors related to the issue at hand.
- Reasons for people resisting change include fear of the unknown, disrupted habits, and loss of confidence, among others.
- Methods for dealing with resistance to change include education and communication, participation and involvement, facilitation and support, and explicit and implicit coercion.
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