Exploring Manageme

Question 1

What are different change theories?

Answer 1

Planned change : Lewin’s Unfreeze, change , freeze model.
Hope and hailey’s : mobilise

N step model : Create sense of urgency - create guiding coalition - set a vision and direction- address cultural issues - manage the transition- sustain momentum

Pettigrew and whipp - processual model - what (context and content)why(context and process) and how (content and process).

Contingency model of change: Collaborative, consultative

Question 2

What is Lewin’s force field analysis

Answer 2

It is about overcoming the resistant forces of change and use the driving forces of change to get to the desired state of change.

Question 3

What are definitions of Power?

Answer 3

Clegg et al : power is to organisations as oxygen is to living and that it concerns the ways that social relations shape capabilities, decisions, change. Power can be positive as well as negative.

Giddens argues that power is fundamental to life and is a necessary component of human condition.

Question 4

What are characteristics of power?

Answer 4

It is relational
Derived from difference of opinion 
Involves beliefs and perceptions.
Never one sided.
Power is contextual.