Discus the change process
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Principle of Management
The basic change management process includes three steps to help a program achieve its goal. Kurt Lewin outlined the state in the change process as follows:
- Present state
- Transition state
- Future state
Change Management Process
- Present state
- Who are we /where are we?
- What is our current state of affairs?
- What are the problems we are facing
- Why do we want to change?
- Transition state
- the gap
- what needs to be done to propel the change
- The wilderness
3.Future state
- The desired future steady state
- It is the ideal
3- STEPS IN THE CHANGE PROCESS BY KURT LEWIN
- Unfreezing
- Changing
- Refreeze
- PHASE I: UNFREEZING
- The first step, “unfreeze” involves the process of letting go of certain restricting attitudes during the initial stages.
- The need for change is recognized / Creating a felt need for change
- Overcoming inertia and dismantling the existing mindset.
- This is followed by a deliberate action involving discussions, meetings and presentations
- Creation of a felt need for change through the media
- The aim is to create awareness in order to unfreeze existing attitudes and behaviour and minimizing resistance to change
- Making the status quo undesirable, that is, the demolition of the status quo, the business as usual attitude
- A case of the Israelites
- Creation of awareness in order to unfreeze existing attitudes and behaviour and thereby minimizing resistance to change
- Carrying out deliberate discussions, meetings and presentations on the change programme
- Creation of super ordinate goals
b) PHASE II: CHANGE
- Changing people (individuals and groups); tasks; structure; technology
- change" or “moving” involves alteration of existing state towards the desired state
- Putting up a framework for change and its drivers
- Altering the existing state towards the desired state
- Implementation of the change This is the implementation of the actual systems and operational mechanisms
- This is the most painful stage of change
- It is like the biblical wilderness
- It can also be likened to birth pangs mothers feel at delievery
- Everyone should be prepared to pass through this stage if the change process is to be successful
c) PHASE III: REFREEZE
- Solidifying or crystallizing the changes into a new, permanent form
- Appraising the effectiveness of the change process
- Positives outcomes are reinforced any constructive modifications are made
- Reinforcement of positive outcomes and their modifications
Conclusion
The "change process" is usually a challenging one. Knowing what the change process involves can facilitate the transition; it can mean the difference between failure and success
Susmita Sah
Jan 13, 2022