ABC Limited is facing the staff issues from a long time such as underperformance, poor behavior and lack of expertise.
Staff and employees are the backbone of the company and their continuous development is the primary responsibility (Nutsubidze & Schmidt, 2021).
What is Change Management and Why it is important?
Change is an essential process in every organization to make the working better than the earlier times (Holbeche, 2023).
During the change process, all the pervious processes, goals and technologies of the company gets altered.
The companies can achieve the new heights by implementing the right change model.
What Happens if the required change is not implemented?
Change is required in the staff management process of ABC Limited.
If the required change policies have not been implemented, then ABC limited will keep on suffering with the staffing issues.
In future, the staffing issues in the company will become worse and unable to handle (Brouwers, 2020).
What characteristics of the change make it innovative?
Change in the staffing process of ABC Limited will make the overall process more transparent.
Staff of ABC Limited work performance will improve and they will show less absenteeism at the workplace.
Staff of ABC Limited will be kept updated and they can expect better outcomes by implementing change.
Change Models that will be used for implementing the change in ABC Limited
There are various change models among them Kotter’s Change Model will be used for implementing change (SHAH, et al, 2023).
There are eight steps in the Kotters change model that will be used for implementing change.
Create a Sense of Urgency.
Form a Guiding Coalition.
Create a Strategic Vision.
Initiate Change Communication.
Remove Barriers to Change.
Generate Short-Term Wins.
Make Change a Continuous Process.
Incorporate Changes in the Org Culture
Picture showing steps of Kotters Change Model
Why Kotter Change Model is Appropriate
Emphasis on employee involvement and acceptance.
Kotter's model stresses the significance of support from every level of employment rather than just giving you the steps for change (Kok & Siripipatthanakul, 2023).
Additionally, it assists in preparing staff for change rather than imposing it on them suddenly
How will change be Communicated to Stakeholders? How will you Determine if this Communication has been effective?
The various methods that would be used for communicating the change to the stakeholders are as follows-
Surveys
Focus groups
Workshops
Forums
Newsletters
The communication related to change would be turned effective, when the anticipated change information is grabbed by the employees (Wang et al., 2020
What disruption is Anticipated During the Change process? How will Disruption be managed?
There are various disruptions can arise when the change is implemented in ABC Limited for managing staff issues.
Lack of resources
Uncertain demands by the staffThese disruptions could be managed by the change agent by regularly checking and maintaining the resources. Proper feedbacks would be taken from the staff for accessing the demands.
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