WOP Lecture 10: Organizational change Flashcards
How many % of the change objectives are not
achieved?
70
3 phases of change
unfreeze
change
refreeze
force field analysis model
super easy
van current conditions -> desired conditions
before, during and after change
en dan pijlen tijdens before and after even groot: restraining and driving forces
en dan during change: driving forces groter dan restraining forces
forms of resistance
complaints, absenteeism, passive
noncompliance
view resistance as a resource
- Symptoms of deeper problems in the change
process - A form of task conflict – may improve change
decisions - Form of voice – procedural justice
6 reasons people resist change
- negative valence of change
- fear of the unknown
- not-invented here syndrome
- breaking routines
- incongruent team dynamics
- incongruent organizational systems
negative valence of change
negative cost benefit analysis, people will lose out.
fear of the unknown
- people assume the worst when the future is unknown
- perceive no control
not invented here syndrome
- staff oppose the change to show that their ideas were better
- sucessful change threatens self esteem
breaking routines
- cost of going out of comfort zone
- takes time and effort to learn new routines
incongruent team dynamics
norms are different than the desired change
incongruent organizational systems
Rewards, information systems, patterns of
authority, career paths, selection criteria, and other systems and structures are both
friends and foes of organizational change. When properly aligned, they reinforce
desired behaviors. When misaligned, they pull people back into their old attitudes and
behavior. Even enthusiastic employees lose momentum after failing to overcome the
structural confines of the past.
voorbeeld driving force
new competitors or technologies, evolving
workforce expectations, or a host of other environmental changes
resistance forces
to keep the status quo, gewoon hetzelfde willen blijven
2 things organizational change requires
- enlarging urcency
- minimizing resistance
3 ways you can enlargen urgency for change
- inform employees about the driving forces
- customer-driven change -> Adapting to changing customer expectations.
Human element energizes employees
Reveals problems and consequences of inaction - sometimes need to create urgency to change without external drivers, but this requires persuasive influence!!! use positive vision rather than threats.
communication
- Highest priority and first strategy for
change - Generates urgency to change
- Reduces uncertainty (fear of
unknown)
problem with communication
- time consuming
- costly
learning
- provides new knowledge or skill
- includes coaching
- helps break old routines, form new ones
problems learning
- potentially time consuming and costly
involvement
- employees participate in change process
- helps saving face -> reduces not invented here syndrome and fear of the unknown
- includes task forces, future search events
involvement problems
- time consuming
- soms conflict
stress management
- when other strategies do not minimize stress enough