Sunday, December 1, 2013

Applying Organizational Change - The 5 Cs approach

Organizational change is defined in many ways by different scholars. Various organizations in their own way trying to adopt and implement new strategies designed to improve their systems, operations and general practices.Organisational changes need to adopt new ideas, behaviors, and skills either by adding or removing an important part of the strategy of the company as it overall. Every organization at some point need to adapt to new situations considered an improvement over the status Quo if they want to live or prosper.International events, technological advances, new trends in leadership and managerial styles require fundamental changes in the organization and underscores the need for continuous improvement, better range of skills to organizations that want to make more modern.Change should be well managed to ensure that the problems that arise can be minimized. 

Changes can only be beneficial if applied with good organization. New ideas, new technology is not profitable except in the area of ​​organization and complete utilised.Experience however, has proven without doubt that the changes can not be implemented without interruption. In fact, some organizations experiencing strong resistance to change, others have rejected the whole idea of ​​changing due to the problems that arise during implementation. People generally resist change they believe will bring something of value. People generally resist change because our laws are to remain in the comfort zone. Our desire not to stir the beehive, which caused us to maintain the Status Quo resist any change, but subtle.It for any organization that wants to adopt some tactics when implementing changes to ensure that the change process begins to be successful, and secondly there is very little resistance part of employees.Below, I will show my 5 Cs approach to influencing successful change. My goal here is to show the variety of approaches aimed at organizations that want to implement the changes successfully.COMMUNICATIONChange not successfully implemented without proper communication and education. 

All persons affected by the change (at any level) should be well informed about the process. Breed ignorance and misinformation lead to uncertainty which can only lead to resistance. People should be educated about the process, time and benefit from the negative effects. They are afraid to exercise some form of training, encouraging them to embrace change as a way forward.Communication and education are essential if the change involves new technical knowledge or situations where people are not familiar with the idea. Communication serves as a confidence booster, supporting the lack of information that allows them to access information that will help them throw their support behind the process of change. When people get a good idea of ​​what the process is about them tend to support and provide resources for similar fears.CULTUREChange supported by corporate culture, which means that the change itself should start from above. There should be no real support from top management. 

It can reduce the resistance of large extent.When employees see top management made an effort to accept the changes, they fall in line and also make an effort. Top management support is essential if the change involves several departments. Top management involvement in the process of making cement company policy. The goal is to get top management support for implementation. When top management fails to support the project (Change process) may inadvertently weaken them by giving clear orders undermine the whole process. How does one secure funding, allocate time without the support of top management. This process should be well designed and supported by management as an acceptable way to do business.COOPERATIONClosely related to the above is the need for cooperation at all levels. Every employee should be encouraged to participate. 

Requires the participation of users and potential resistors involved in designing the change. Perceptions of employees should strive to ensure that there is a commitment to change. Where people are involved in decision-making and the process of change, they tend to identify with this process, freely communicate their concerns and make sure it worked. Working with people is an important part of the process of making them feel valued, enjoy the fact that they contribute to the process and therefore should make it work. Apathy should be discouraged and everyone should be involved at every stage of the process. People feel apart when they feel that a certain process will apply to their throats without seeking concessions consent.CONCESSIONSMaking they can be a good strategy for effective implementation. Make concessions and compromises necessary repairs to its stakeholders in a formal way. Negotiations serves as a formal way to achieve cooperation. You gain public confidence and support to make concessions and compromises to a certain extent. The strategy is to bargain to win the acceptance and appreciation of the desired changes. The union may be involved in the process of formal negotiations and their interests. Management may have to make concessions and give some flowers for the purpose of obtaining support.As stated earlier, the negotiations also showed that the problem of the interests of employees and the admissions process and consider their opinions. 

Change must be negotiated and concessions made to ensure that the implementation successful.Organisations But be careful not to negotiate an important feature of away.COERCION idea When all else fails the force must be used. When management believes that the idea of ​​a particular innovation is the way to go they can push through despite the resistance. Administrators use the formal power to force employees to change. In this case, the resistor is set to install and accept the changes or benefits or even losing their job. Employees seem to exert a gift for motivating others to join in and accept the changes, people sometimes refuse punished to deter others. Temperance is very useful in a crisis situation when a rapid response is important, when the organization decides that a particular action is the only option that they and their only hope for survival. Those who do not comply will be forced out and new faces put them places.In most cases the use of force should be minimized because it makes employees feel like they are the victims, make them change managers enemy targets and may even go as far as sabotaging complete change process.

Change well, especially when an organization must be aware of the rapid and significant changes to survive in a changing environment. How changes are applied to a large extent determine how successful or otherwise the process will be. Change can be managed effectively when an organization uses external trends and needs as the basis for determining the strategic direction of the above actionThe agree as one precedes the other options for it to work. It looked a certain organization to decide what method to use to ensure that the process is smooth and successful.

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