The Effects of Organisational Change


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
Companies and organisations today cannot survive without becoming adept at change. Likewise, today's employees must learn to use such attitudes and practices in an ever-changing environment. To do that effectively, you must first understand what is driving organisational change. Then, you must be aware of how various individuals interpret and respond to change. Finally, you'll need to know exactly how the change cycle works. This course will help you gain expertise in all of these areas, and help you fully comprehend the forces behind organisational change.

Target Audience
Managers, supervisors, team leaders

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

Forces that Drive Organisational Change

  • recognise the value of understanding the effect of forces that drive organisational change.
  • identify the economic and social forces that drive organisational change.
  • identify the ways economic and social forces affect individuals in the changing workplace.
  • identify the examples of how organisations can meet the changing expectations of employees.

    • How Change Is Interpreted

  • recognise the benefits of identifying the effect of change on people.
  • identify the ways organisational change affects individuals.
  • match the phases of doubt with the examples.
  • differentiate between learned optimism and learned helplessness.

    • Responses to Change

  • recognise the importance of identifying various responses to change.
  • match the categories of individual responses to change with the examples.
  • select the types of behaviour that exemplify change resistance.
  • identify the examples of ways to overcome change resistance.

    • The Change Cycle

  • recognise the benefits of the change cycle.
  • identify the types of behaviour associated with the beginning of the change cycle.
  • identify the methods of individuals working through the neutral zone.
  • identify the types of behaviour and skills associated with the transformation.

    • Course Number:
    PD8331