Change Management


Change Management

Four Fundamental Change Management Models

Change management generally refers to how teams and companies implement organizational change. Often referred to as the only constant, change and the management of it is an ever evolving process that affects everyone. And although there is no one right or wrong way to mitigate change, there are a few tried-and-true change management models that organizations return to again and again.

Lewin’s change management model
Kurt Lewin developed this change management strategy in the 1940s, but it remains relevant because of its simple yet effective structure. According to Lewin, organizational change management can be broken down into three smaller, more manageable stages:

Unfreeze
Change
Refreeze
A physicist by trade, Lewin used the example of how to turn a cube of ice into a cone of ice and applied it to organizational change management.








First, a team or organization must “unfreeze” their current process and perceptions when preparing for upcoming changes. This helps the team approach the task or challenge with a clean slate without bias or bad habits.

Next, it’s time to implement changes. Effective change requires clear and constant communication across all affected channels both during and after deployment.

Finally, it’s time to “refreeze.” Assuming accurate feedback and ongoing communication occurred during the “change” step, the refreeze step locks into place the new process. Like ice molds, teams and organizations need to move away from an old mold before they can fit into a new one.

The Lewin change management process, while too simplistic for some, is favored by others for its ability to uncover old patterns or overlooked problems as well as for its clean approach to new ways of thinking (Lucidchart.com, 2019).

As conclusion Change is the only constant thing when consider modern economy any corporate or institute will not be able to survive if they are not willing to change therefor changing culture is more important than anything else for example PESTEL can be changed due to many reasons some of them are manageable according to strength of the organizations but something like legal nobody can change everybody has to adjust accordingly unless otherwise all others will be definitely failed. This is the real truth of modern economy.


References
 4 Fundamental Change Management Models | Lucidchart Blog. [online] Available at: https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/four-fundamental-change-management-models [Accessed 3 Jan. 2019].
4 Fundamental Change Management Models | Lucidchart Blog. [online] Available at: https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/four-fundamental-change-management-models [Accessed 3 Jan. 2019].

Comments

  1. IshanJanuary 3, 2019 at 7:17 AM

    Good briefing on how companies should act when changes are happening

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