Thursday, 6 February 2014

An Effective Organizational Change Strategy

By Jerri Perry


A business or an organization will always experience a change in structure because times will be changing constantly which means that the management of an organization has to keep up with the times. Of course change is very hard because it will take time for the people inside the organization to adjust to the new way it is structured. It is for this reason that one has to come up with a good organizational change strategy so that things will be able to go smoothly.

Going into something new and different is actually a thing that many people are actually scared of because they are afraid that it will fail. Many believe that it is best to just stick to the one method that will work and just keep on going on like that. It is for this reason that a lot of people actually would want to resist change because they are afraid.

Of course the one who wants to implement changes cannot just implement without hearing them out. The least he should do is that he should listen to the point of view of the opposition. From there, he should take some pointers so that he would at least know how to adjust them to the change.

Since the resistance is still going to be very strong, then one should now move on to the next part of the plan. While making changes, one will be undergoing the unfreezing stage wherein he has to introduce the changes to the organization. It is at this very stage that he should start gathering a horde of followers.

Now the very first thing that he should do would be to create a vision involving this new shift. From there, he should ask for the input of everyone in the organization including the ones at a very low position. The key here is to make everyone in the ladder feel like they have contributed something and thus feel like they are part of a family.

Once the changer has already gained a solid base for his campaign, then the next step would be the actual execution of the entire plan. In order for everyone to agree to the shift in structure, the changer and his team should be able to provide them with support. By providing them with support, they are actually helping them adapt to whatever is going on.

The last step in the process would actually be the refreezing which is the final integration of changes. This is where all of the new policies have already been finalized and all have been executed. Also given some time, the employees and workers in the organization will have already gotten used to the new way of management.

Now during the refreezing process, an organizational change strategy that one may use would be to show the people how the organization was able to succeed. If the management shows this to the people, then the people will definitely be in favor of the changes. This will eliminate majority of resistance that was present in the organization.




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