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What is a characteristic of adaptive change?
What is a characteristic of adaptive change?
Which of the following is an external driver of organizational change?
Which of the following is an external driver of organizational change?
In Hersey and Blanchard’s Levels of Change, what type of change involves altering knowledge?
In Hersey and Blanchard’s Levels of Change, what type of change involves altering knowledge?
What does Lewin’s model suggest as the first stage of the change process?
What does Lewin’s model suggest as the first stage of the change process?
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Which of the following is NOT a type of transformational change?
Which of the following is NOT a type of transformational change?
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What is the final phase of Ronald Lippitt’s model of change?
What is the final phase of Ronald Lippitt’s model of change?
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Which type of innovation aims to enhance an organization's existing product line?
Which type of innovation aims to enhance an organization's existing product line?
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What is one major phase in managing organizational change?
What is one major phase in managing organizational change?
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Which of the following is NOT a step in Kotter's 8 steps for leading change?
Which of the following is NOT a step in Kotter's 8 steps for leading change?
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What factor could cause resistance to change related to an individual's feelings of uncertainty?
What factor could cause resistance to change related to an individual's feelings of uncertainty?
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Which phase follows diagnosing the problem in Lippitt’s model?
Which phase follows diagnosing the problem in Lippitt’s model?
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What is a proactive type of innovation change?
What is a proactive type of innovation change?
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Which approach involves educating and communicating to manage resistance to change?
Which approach involves educating and communicating to manage resistance to change?
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What does organizational change management primarily aim for?
What does organizational change management primarily aim for?
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What is a common reaction to change, regardless of the benefits?
What is a common reaction to change, regardless of the benefits?
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Study Notes
Organizational Change
- Defined as actions altering major organizational components (culture, technology, processes).
- Caused by internal or external environmental changes.
- External Drivers: Social, cultural, demographic, political, economic, technological trends; industry, competition, consumer demands.
- Internal Drivers: Low performance, low satisfaction, conflict, new mission, new leadership.
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Categorization:
- Adaptive Change: Small, incremental changes to meet evolving needs.
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Transformational Change: Large-scale shifts in mission, strategy, structure, performance, and processes.
- Types of Transformational Change: Strategic (business/marketing plan), structural (hierarchy, systems), process-oriented (technology/skills), cultural (right culture).
- Hersey and Blanchard's Levels of Change: Knowledge, attitude, group level, organizational-wide.
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Models of Change:
- Lewin's Three Stages: Unfreeze (prepare), change (implement), refreeze (embed).
- Lippitt's Model: Seven phases (diagnosing problem, assessing motivation, diagnosing client system, establishing alternatives, transforming intentions, stabilizing change, terminal relationships).
Innovation
- Defined as ways an organization updates, changes, and improves internal processes, manufacturing, and management.
- Innovation vs. Improvement: Innovation adds value; improvements may or may not be innovative.
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Types of Innovation:
- Sustaining Innovation: Enhances existing products/processes for existing customers.
- Disruptive Innovation: Smaller companies challenge established businesses (low-end, new market).
- Importance of Innovation: Facilitates adaptability, promotes growth, distinguishes in the market.
Relationship between Organizational Change and Innovation
- Innovation Changes: Can be proactive, active, reactive, passive.
- Relationship: Directly linked, innovation often drives or results from change.
Managing Change and Innovation
- Organizational Change Management: Guiding organizational change to a successful resolution (preparation, implementation, follow-through).
- Management's Role: Communicate change, explain necessity, motivate support.
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7 Steps in Change Management Process:
- Establish goals
- Analyze context
- Assemble the team
- Define strategy
- Implement the plan
- Manage in agile mode
- Embed in the organization.
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Kotter's 8 Steps for Leading Change:
- Create urgency
- Build a guiding coalition
- Develop a vision
- Communicate the vision
- Empower action
- Generate short-term wins
- Consolidate gains
- Institutionalize new approaches
Resistance to Change
- Causes: Lack of understanding, confidence, trust, status threats, ingrained habits, lack of self-confidence, unclear benefits, lack of information, motivation, fear of failure, conflicting messages, confusion, perceptions, historical precedent, loss, redundancy, unknown.
- Managing Resistance: Education, communication, participation, facilitation, negotiation, manipulation, coercion.
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Description
This quiz covers the fundamental concepts of organizational change, including definitions, internal and external drivers, and various models of change such as Lewin's Three Stages and Hersey and Blanchard's levels. Dive into different types of changes like adaptive and transformational, and understand their impact on culture and processes within an organization.
