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First order or incremental change

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frequent, purposeful adjustments that are small but ongoing and cumulative in effect

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Second order or transformational change

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“An individual’s subjective perception that organisational change has resulted in modifications to the core systems of an organisation including traditional ways of working, values, structures and strategy.” (Rafferty and Griffin, 2006)

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reactive organisational change

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Reactive changes occur when forces compel organization to implement change without delay.

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proactive organisational change

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Proactive changes occur when some factors make the organization think over and finally decide that implementation of a particular change is necessary. Then, the change is introduced in a planned manner.

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episodic organisational change

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infrequent, discontinuous, and intentional. The presumption is that episodic change occurs during periods of divergence when organizations are moving away from their equilibrium conditions.

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continuous organisational change

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ongoing, long-term approach to improve processes, products and services. Continuous improvement occurs gradually and aims to make small incremental changes over time.

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what are the targets of change?

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structure, objective and goals, strategy, culture, people, technology

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What is the goal of changing structure?

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change how people are organised and related

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What is the goal of changing Objectives and goals?

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change the aims an organisation/group is trying to achieve

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What is the goal of changing strategy?

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change the approaches used to achieving goals

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What is the goal of changing culture?

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change core values

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What is the goal of changing people?

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change personnel or change levels/types of skills

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What is the goal of changing technology?

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change operating systems/practices to include new technology

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what are the reasons for change?

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competition, social trends/cultural change, economic shocks, politics, technology

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What is the COMPETITION reason for change?

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Competitors more successful or innovating more

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What is the SOCIAL TRENDS/CULTURAL CHANGE reason for change?

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Changing market or social preferences

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What is the ECONOMIC SHOCK reason for change?

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Change products, reduce output, “lean” organisations

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What is the POLITICS reason for change?

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Changing regulations

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What is the TECHNOLOGY reason for change?

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New ways of working, pursuit of efficiency, quality and effectiveness

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How successful is major organisational change?

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47% of Australian employees agreed or strongly agreed that change was not handled effectively in their organisation

Failure is seldom solely attributed to technical issues; it is more often considered to be a result of personnel and human characteristics (Kotter and Cohen, 2002)

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Why are we interested in change?

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Health/wellbeing
Huge implications for job satisfaction, production, and turnover
the potential for negative outcomes is especially high when employees experience change as occurring very frequently ,
Employees may experience ‘change fatique’
Negative employee outcomes from change are preventable

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why is health/wellbeing a reason for our interest in change?

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To understand
Higher job stressors and demands
Depression, anxiety, insomnia, emotional exhaustion, burnout

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what is the scale of change?

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fine tuning -> incremental adjustment -> modular -> transformation

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What is FINE TUNING change?

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Changes to details within existing targets of change

e. g., training to increase competence with existing technologies
e. g., changing reporting roles of a senior staff member

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What is INCREMENTAL ADJUSTMENT change?
Environmental adaptations, with small to moderate effects on targets of change e.g., bringing in a new technology or production process in one area
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What is MODULAR change?
Large scale, radical change of part of an organization affecting many targets of change e.g., merging two Schools within a university
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What is TRANSFORMATION change?
Large scale, radical, whole of organization change affecting most or all targets of change e.g., changing emphasis to different industry/product
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Who are the agents for driving change? Who is driving the need for, and nature of change from the TOP-DOWN?
- CEO, senior managers | - Experts appointed by them
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Who are the agents for driving change? Who is driving the need for, and nature of change from the BOTTOM UP?
- Employee concerns | - Employee initiatives
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how is the GOVERNMENT an agent for driving change?
Through: - laws - regulations - policies
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how are OTHER STAKEHOLDERS agents for driving change?
Through: - customers - competitors - suppliers - retailers i. e. through the external community
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Who are CHANGE LEADERS?
People at all levels can show leadership Types of leaders Executive leaders (oriented to larger strategy) Network leaders (people well-placed to influence many others) Local leaders (e.g. frontline supervisors)
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What is Kurt Lewin's approach to change?
the force field approach Phase 1: Unfreezing Create need for change Overcome resistance Phase 2: Changing Work towards desired future: people, tasks, structure, technology Phase 3: Refreezing Reinforce new behaviours Fine-tuning new processes
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What is Kotter's approach to change?
8-step model of change - 1. establish a sense of urgency 2. form a coalition 3. create a vision 4. communicate the vision 5. Remove the obstavles 6. Create small wins 7. Don't quit prematurelly 8. Anchor changes in corporate culture
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Why do people resist change?
habit, ineria, security, economic threat, social threat
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Habit
ingrained patterns of behaviour
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Inertia
norms support existing ways of working | people have worked out how to get things done
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Security
can threaten feelings of job security
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Economic threat
new roles or functions may affect pay negatively
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Social threat
some people and groups lose power and status
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what are the dimensions of resistance to change?
There is a: cognitive component Affective component Behavioural component
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cognitive component of change
negative beliefs (change isn’t needed)
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Affective component of change?
negative emotions a person feels toward change (e.g., anger) The more changes experienced in a workplace, the more negative emotions are reported on a daily basis (Kiefer, 2005)
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Behavioural component of change
negative actions or intentions to act in response to change
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What do change managers do?
help to minimise the productivity dip in terms of depth and time and built a platform for continuous improvement
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what are the issues addressed in reason and education and involvement to eliminate resistance change?
habits, security and inertia
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when is reason and education suitable for eliminating resistance change?
When there has been misinformation or a lack of information.
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what are the advantages of reason and education to eliminate resistance change?
understanding can build support
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what are the disadvantages of reason and education to eliminate resistance change
very time consuming
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what are the issues addressed in facilitation to eliminate resistance change?
Economic/Social threats
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what are the issues addressed in negotiation to eliminate resistance change?
Economic/Social threats
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what are the issues addressed in manipulation to eliminate resistance change?
Security/threat
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what are the issues addressed in coercion to eliminate resistance change?
Increase threat of alternatives
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when is facilitation suitable for eliminating resistance change?
When resistance about resources/threats
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when is negotiation suitable for eliminating resistance change?
When people will lose something
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when is manipulation suitable for eliminating resistance change?
when other methods failed/impractical
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when is coercion suitable for eliminating resistance change?
when have power + quick change needed
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what are the advantages of facilitation for eliminating resistance change?
Focus directly on resources/threats
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what are the advantages of negotiation for eliminating resistance change?
Reduce threat, build commitment
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what are the advantages of manipulation for eliminating resistance change?
Quick, inexpensive
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what are the advantages of coercion for eliminating resistance change?
Quick, low resistance
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what are the disadvantages of coercion for eliminating resistance change?
Poor relationships/ turnover
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what are the disadvantages of manipulation for eliminating resistance change?
Awareness can ↑ resistance
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what are the disadvantages of negotiation for eliminating resistance change?
Expensive, “horse trading”
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what are the disadvantages of facilitation for eliminating resistance change?
Time consuming, expensive
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when is involvement suitable for eliminating resistance change?
When People have power to resist
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what are the advantages of involvement for eliminating resistance to change?
Can build support and commitment
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what are the disadvantages of involvement for eliminating resistance to change?
Very time consuming
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How do social psychological approaches change organisations?
By changing conformity (to group norms) and reinforce existing norms
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How does reinforcing existing norms affect organisational change?
Increase salience of social identity: make people feel more part of the group
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What does the CHANGING MINDS approach to organisation change do?
Asks: How do minorities change the minds of majorities? ``` Consistency (of ideas across time and across people) Shared identity with majority Appearance of impartiality Resisting abuse and pressure Flexibility (in finding solutions) Persuasion ```
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What is the significance of the PERSUASION aspect of the CHANGING MINDS approach to change?
Need to highlight the distinction between strategies that rely on SYSTEMATIC or SUPERFICIAL processing
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What does SYSTEMATIC PROCESSING rely on and how does persuasion affect this?
Systematic processing relies on reason/argument, which is increased when you can get people to: 1. Attend to the message: make messages attention grabbing 2. Comprehend the message: keep messages simple 3. React to message content: encourage elaboration (cognitive/affective reactions and evaluations) 4. (Outcome) Accept the message: express their agreement (esp. publicly)
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What does SUPERFICIAL PROCESSING rely on and how does persuasion affect this?
Superficial processing relies on heuristics, including: 1. direct emotions 2. indirect emotions 3. attractiveness/liking 4. familiarity 5. expertise/authority 6. message-length 7. consistency 8. scarcity 9. consensus (norms)
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Why is CHANGING VALUES approach difficult?
as they are typically stable individual differences
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What is the most promising approach to CHANGING VALUES?
Most promising approach is the value self-confrontation method as it: - highlight dissonance (mismatch) between people’s values and the values of people they admire - highlight consonance (match) between people’s values and the values of people they dislike
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What are the steps of the VALUE SELF-CONFRONTATION METHOD?
Step 1: Remind people of their important values Step 2: Focus on an important value… Show this value is different from values of a positive reference group Show this value is similar to values of a negative reference group which leads to dissatisfaction Step 3: Person reduces self-dissatisfaction by changing importance of value
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What are conservative values?
Humility Tradition Security
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what are liberal values?
Pleasure New experiences Freedom

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