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Sunday 9 February 2014

An Effective Organizational Change Strategy

By Jerri Perry


Change is the one thing that is always constant in this world because humans will always find a new way of doing things. Of course if this is constant, then that means that businesses or organizations will also have to follow the changes as well. Now in order to effectively make a shift in the structure of an organization, it is very important to employ a good organizational change strategy.

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.

The first step in this very strategy would be to first try to convince them that a shift in structure is a need. In the process, one should now take note of some of the things that the opposition would have to say because he can use these points to improve his plan. Now he should expect that even after the meeting, there would still be some strong resistance.

Now do take note that even after an open forum meeting, the resistance will still be there. So in order to beat the resistance, the one strategy to apply here would be to gather a huge army of followers to swallow up the ones opposing the change. In order to do this, the managers have to start from the people in the lowest chain to the highest and get their support.

In order to gain the support of the people, the first step is to make a very convincing vision. This will stir up the people and make them curious. Of course he should also ask the input of all people in the organization so that they will feel that they did play a part in this major shift.

After the introduction of the shift, the next step would be the actual execution of the entire plan which is not as hard but still going to be hard. The technique here is to help everyone try to adjust to the shift in structure by providing them with a lot of support. This way, they themselves will actually want to take part in the changes.

The last step, which is also known as the refreezing step, is the final step in integrating the new system. In this stage, all of the policies and rules must already be final and ready for actual execution. Through time, the people will get used to the new structure but the management has to constantly help them go through it.

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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