There is an old saying that the only constant is change. Organizations make significant changes on a regular basis; changes in program, processes and personnel are common examples. Most of us have been involved in some type of organizational change. Has it been effective and long lasting of have things gone back to the way they were before one the ‘start-up’ phase was over? In this discussion, you are going to be asked to discuss an organizational change, including the long-term outcome, and then talk about how the change was implemented and how it could have been implemented more effectively using some of the information from your readings.

Question

Discuss a significant change that has occurred within you organization. How was the change implemented? In your perception was it effective? What might you have done differently if given the opportunity?

Change is an inevitable process which occurs in an organization for the good of the organization. However, change always meet very radical resistance in case the implementation process is not well managed.

change that has occurred within our organization.

one of the changes which occurred in our organization was introduction of a new technology which was to be installed at the gate for all the employees to clock when they check in and when they check out. this was meant to eliminate the traditional signing of a book whenever one arrived or left the organizational premises.

the implementation of the change.

the manager decided to come up with the idea without consulting or rather informing the employees. after the gadget was installed, the manager decided to write a memo to inform the employees of the new advancement.

effectiveness of the change

the change process was not effective as the employees remained very rigid to the change. this is because they were not involved in the change process yet the change was directly involving them. as a result, the employees decided to sabotage the whole process by secretly destroying the installed gadgets which made the manager to think of a better way of communicating this change.

what i could have done differently.

given the opportunity, i could have communicated to the employees about the impending change and make them understand the reasons as to why the change was necessary. this would include conducting in-seminars where the change process would be communicated before any advancement is made.

for an effective organizational change, a manager should ensure that they involve the employees and communicate the change in the best ways possible to make the employees feel part of the change process. this will enable them to reduce resistance to such change and hence contributing to the success of the change within an organization.