Week 8 - Chapter 15 Flashcards
What is Organizational Change
Alternation of structure, technology processes or people within an organization Change: planned or unplanned transformation
Organizational change
Organizational change can
have a profound impact on
customers and organizational
members.
The way that changes are
implemented and managed is
crucial to both customers and
organizational members.
Why organizations must change
All organizations face two basic sources of pressure to
change:
• External sources
• Internal sources
Environmental changes must be matched by organizational
changes if the organization is to remain effective.
Change can also be provoked by forces in the internal
environment of the organization.
Change entails some investment of resources and almost
always requires some modification of routines and processes.
The internal and external environments of various
organizations will be more or less dynamic.
As a result, organizations will differ in the amount of change
they display.
What do organizations change?
Goals and strategies
Technology
Job Design
Structure
Processes
Culture
People
Kurt Lewin’s 3 steps of change
- Unfreezing
- Recognizing need for change
- Crises are especially likely to stimulate unfreezing. - Changing
- Implementing planned change - Refreezing
- Accepting newly changed state
- The effectiveness of the change is examined and the desirability of
extending change further can be considered.
- Refreezing is a relative and temporary state of affairs.
Unfreezing
Prepare for change
Need to: - Generate dissatisfaction with status quo - Involve people - Reward change
Change
Implementing change
Need to:
- Establish goals
- Communicate
- Develop management structures
Refreezing
Stabilizing change
Need to:
- Succeed
- Reward
- Institutionalize
- Evaluate
Organizational learning
refers to the process through which ___
an organization acquires, develops, and transfers knowledge
throughout the organization.
Two Primary methods of organizational learning
Knowledge acquisition
Knowledge development
Four Key Dimensions of Learning Organization
Vision/support
Culture
Learning systems/dynamics
Knowledge management/infrastructure
Issues in the change process
Problems that occur during the change process:
Diagnosis
Resistance
Evaluation and institutionalization
Causes of Resistance
o Politics and self interest
o Low individual tolerance for
change
o Lack of trust
o Different assessments of the
situation
o Strong emotions
o Strong organizational
identification
o A resistant organizational culture
Why resist change?
The perceived
gap (need for change) is
either too large or very
small.
Sources of individual resistance
Economic insecurity
Fear of the
unknown
Threats to social
relationships
Habit
