Management of Change

INTRODUCTION TO CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Change management is a structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations from a current state to a desired future state. Change management (or change control) is the process during which the changes of a system are implemented in a controlled manner by following a pre-defined framework/model with, to some extent, reasonable modifications.

Change management is the process of developing a planned approach to change in anorganization. Typically the objective is to maximize the collective benefits for all people involved in the change and minimize the risk of failure of implementing thechange. The discipline of change management deals primarily with the human aspectof change, and is therefore related to pure and industrial psychology.

project management, change management refers to a project management processwhere changes to a project are formally introduced and approved.The field of change management grew from the recognition that organizations arecomposed of people. And the behaviors of people make up the outputs of anorganization.

Types of Organizational Change

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Strategic changes

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Technological changes

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Structural changes

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Changing the attitudes and behaviors of personnel

There are many models in understanding the transitioning of individuals through the phases of change management and strengthening organizational developmentinitiative in both government and corporate sectors. They are

1. ADKAR Model

2. Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze

3. Kübler-Ross

4. Formula for Change

5. PCI (People Centered Implementation)

Some of the Potential issues concerning the successful Change deployment process:

The House (Of Quality) Needs Foundations

Underestimating the need for a support structure can be a big mistake in the processof deploying Lean or Six Sigma. It is important to first assess the gap between your current state and the future, desired state. This activity produces a list of things...