Reflection on change-management

Reflection on change-management

All through the semester with the undertaking the organizational change management unit has made me understand the different aspects of the industry 4.0 along with the novel technological wave and application of internet of things, connecting the entire world together. The modern world is a world rich with data which has now become extremely precious to every organization as they can implement it for the purpose of running the operational activities effectively and efficiently than ever (Cameron & Green, 2019). With the provision of this wealth of knowledge with respect to industry 4.0, the management of organizational change has made me understand about the key changes that organization must develop for the purpose of becoming capable of enhancing functions and to fight with the competitors in the environment of cut-throat competition due to which the industry 4.0 is facilitating for the future work. 

Before undertaking the class of change management, I found change management as relatively complicated procedure which was challenging to carry out. I believed at that time that it was nearly not possible for the organizations to take on change management in a way that does not impact the operational activities. However, the class of change management has transformed my perceptions as a whole in relation to planned or unplanned change that takes place in an organization.

Majority of the organizations are relying on the pragmatic implementation of Kotter’s exceptional model that involves a process for the management of change (Doppelt, 2017). Stouten et al. (2018) accentuated and concurrently critiqued the Model of Kotter’s leading change mentioning it as so far the most cited publication for organizational change leadership, in spite of its discrete insufficient academic references as well as empirical evidence. Moreover, these theories such as three stages of Lewin and 8 steps of Kotter have fascinated me immensely which I will carry in the organization if I have to experience change in it in future. 

I have realized now that change management is one of the most crucial tools that can be used for planning predicting the occurrence of change within the organization and accordingly prepare the employees for this procedure. Furthermore, the concept of change management has been proved to be significant for the organizations for managing change that can lead to enhancing the morale of the workers and also drive them with positive team building along with the job enrichment (Al-Haddad & Kotnour, 2015). I believe such factors are useful in directly or indirectly affecting the quality of work as well as productivity whilst curbing production cycles and minimizing costs. With this course, I have acquired the knowledge that change management in an organization allows it to preserve a steady state of evolution and promote period of wide-ranging business change, helping employees to stay motivated at the time of introducing novel technologies. Moreover, it is true that mutual task of establishing a real-life change report and displaying the problems and solutions engaged within the world was a massive way of immersing oneself into the subject. I have now become increasingly engrossed in organizational change management and believe that the related concepts and interrelationships between them are critical to what we perform and how we perform. 

References

Cameron, E., & Green, M. (2019). Making sense of change management: A complete guide to the models, tools and techniques of organizational change. Kogan Page Publishers.

Doppelt, B. (2017). Leading change toward sustainability: A change-management guide for business, government and civil society. Routledge.

Stouten, J., Rousseau, D. M., & De Cremer, D. (2018). Successful organizational change: Integrating the management practice and scholarly literatures. Academy of Management Annals, 12(2), 752-788.

Al-Haddad, S., & Kotnour, T. (2015). Integrating the organizational change literature: a model for successful change. Journal of organizational change management.