Lab4

Five basic principles, and how to apply them

Change management is a basic skill in which most leaders and managers need to be competent. There are very few working environments where change management is not important.

This article takes a look at the basic principles of change management, and provides some tips on how those principles can be applied.

When leaders or managers are planning to manage change, there are five key principles that need to be kept in mind:

• Different people react differently to change

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Here are some tips to apply the above principles when managing change:

• Give people information - be open and honest about the facts, but don't give overoptimistic speculation. Ie meet their OPENNESS needs, but in a way that does not set UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS.

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SUMMARIZATION

On the second page of this article, you can read an expanded description of each of the five principles.

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When leaders or managers are planning to manage change, there are five key principles that need to be kept in mind:

Principle ONE
Different people react differently to change

The following diagram represents a spectrum of change:

Stability - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change

Different people have different preferences for where they like to be on this spectrum. Some people like to be at the STABILITYend of the spectrum - they like things to be the way they have always been. Other people like to be at the CHANGE end of the spectrum - they are always looking for something different and new.

Problems arise when the individual's preferences differ from the situation they find themselves in. That is, if:

• a stability-oriented person finds that circumstances are changing quite rapidly, or

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People tend to resist, therefore, approaches on other parts of the spectrum than where they themselves prefer to be.

Principle TWO
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A famous psychologist called Will Schutz identified three basic needs that people have in interpersonal relations. These basic needs are also of fundamental importance in people's reaction to change:

• The need for control

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EXPLANATION

Principle THREE
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There are many variations of the "loss curve". One is known as "Sarah" - that is, the individual experiences (in this order):

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The common factors amongst all "loss curves" are:

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Principle FIVE
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In times of significant change rational thought goes out of the window. This means that people often fear the worst - in fact, they fear far more than the worst, because their subconscious minds suddenly become illogical and see irrational consequences. Eg:

• Our company is reducing staff, which means...

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Reference:

http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/changemanagement.html 12/29/2007