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CHANGE MANAGEMENT 6

Change Management

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Change Management

Research Focus

Change is inevitable, and organizations that want to achieve significant growth and development have to be flexible to change. Change management refers to all approaches to support, prepare, and help teams, individuals, and organizations implement organizational change. Without change management, an organization can implement any changes as they eventually get rejected in the long run (Will, 2019). Many organizations are striving to change their strategies during this period of Covid-19. The measures put in place to combat the illness have forced many organizations to change to remain competitive. Furthermore, almost every organization has been forced to change its market strategies to remain competitive during this period of the Covid-19 pandemic (Guleria, 2020). Change management plays a fundamental role in every organization that wants to adjust its strategies or implement new industry trends. Organizations should effectively manage their change during this period of Covid-19 to remain competitive and operational.

Change management is required for ideas to succeed. Almost every organization utilizes change methodologies to facilitate the success of their ideas. Change managers work with project managers to ensure that staff fully exploits the new capabilities. Organizations are currently coming up with innovative ideas to enhance their operations while still stating safe from Covid-19. It is only through change management that such an organization can achieve its intended transitions (Guleria, 2020).

Change management keeps people engaged with the change process. People affected by a change initiative have to be engaged accordingly to make it successful. The staff has to be engaged in the change process, making it a requirement for earlier communications. Such communications cannot be realized without effective change management. Technological trends have made it easier to change management, as it is easy to keep all stakeholders on the same page (Quiros, 2014). Change can be implemented even in the current period of Covid-19 when there are restrictions of movement and meetings. Digital communication has made it easier to link with others and deliver the right information at the right time and the right place.

Change management prepares an organization for a transition. Change managers aim to make the organizational change process to run smoothly. Change managers use management models to restructure jobs, implement new technologies, and restructure business processes (Quiros, 2014). Change managers have to ensure that all workers are assigned roles and responsibilities concerning their talents and specialization area. The move ensures that every employee is satisfied with their roles and is actively engaged in the change process.

Change management reduces resistance to a change initiative. Cases of resistance to change are common in every change initiative. Many employees fund it hard to settle and work in new different ways. Therefore, they are more likely to resist a change initiative as they are not ready to learn and start their jobs in a new way (Brisson‐Banks, 2010). It ensures that employees are provided with the necessary training, education, and resources to work under the new systems and processes. In the Corona Virus age, organizations have been forced to change the way they conduct their operations. Some employees have found this to be very challenging, and only through change management that this issue has been resolved.

Key Research Questions

How has change management enabled organizations to remain operational and competitive in the period of the Covid-19 pandemic?
Why is change management necessary to organizations?
What considerations do organizations have to take in change management?

References

Brisson‐Banks, C. (2010). Managing change and transitions: a comparison of different models and their commonalities. Library Management, 31(4/5), 241-252. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238324860_Managing_change_and_transitions _A_comparison_of_different_models_and_their_commonalities

Guleria, R. (2020). The Need to Change and the Necessity to Evolve During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Neurology India, 68(4), 726. https://doi.org/10.4103/0028-3886.293450

Quiros, E. (2014). Leading people through change. Strategic Finance, 96(5), 15-16.

Will, M. (2015). Successful organizational change through win-win. Journal Of Accounting & Organizational Change, 11(2), 193-214. https://doi.org/10.1108/jaoc-06-2013-0056