What is Change Management and How Does it Work?

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ADVANCE CHANGE MANAGEMENT

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Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................... 3
Background of the article and summary................................................................4
Summary............................................................................................................... 4
Critique of the article................................................................................................... 6
Conclusion................................................................................................................ 8
References........................................................................................................... 10

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Introduction
The title of article is organisation change management that carried out the critical
review of the different approaches presented by the author. Author of this article is Rune
Todnem By. The main context of this article is that a successful change is essential for any
organisation to succeed and survive in the complex and competitive business environment.
The major purpose of this article is to provide the critical review major approaches and
theories to the organisation change management. As per the authors purpose, it has
effectively included the different approaches of the change management in order to find the
proper output. It is true that no single approach of change management can succeed in the
complex business environment. In this regard, it included the viewpoint of various authors.
Author has written on the different elements of change management. Appropriateness of the
change can be understood about the different elements included in the research paper. It has
effectively included the different points because business environment is changing regularly
which definitely requires the organisation to adopt change tools. However, it is not an easy
task for the organisation to bring quick changes in their structure or working style because it
requires the due concern on the part of different members of the organisation. The authority
of the author can be explained by its copyright as the entire information is published in the
Routledge book which is well known and trustable book. At the same time, the information’s
included in the article is also subjected to the recent issue that every organisation should be
given consideration (Brones, et al 2017).
The thesis statement of the article is that change management is the most significant
tool for succeeding and surviving in the complex business environment. The major purpose is
to provide the critical review of the major approach and theories toward the organisational
change management. The changing business era and technological innovations require the

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organisation to come up with several changes as per the changing internal or external
business environment situation.
Background of the article and summary
Summary
In the article, major discussion has been carried on the change management. the major
purpose of this article is to know he different change management approaches and theories.
Change management is said to be the process of regular change in the organisations structure,
direction as well as capabilities. The rapid changes in the technology as well as shifting fo the
demographic trend has been the major task for management. Change management has
become a requirement for surviving in the today’s competitive and complex business
environment. Ion the one hand, author has stated that continuous change is the major part in
the organisational change management. While on the other hand, other author has stated that
rapid changes in the organisation might lead to several internal problems in the organisation.
It is highlighted that a better and effective approach to change is the situation when their
people as well as organisation tends to monitor as well as respond to the internal and external
environment in small steps (Cameron & Green, 2019). Different authors have given the
different approaches of change. Planned process of change tends to explain the process that
tends to bring about the change. It majorly give emphasis on the significance of properly
understanding the varied states when an organisation go through different stages in order to
move from unsatisfactory level to the desired or identified state. Lewin brought this initiative
the year 1946. By coming through this, Lewin directly stated that before new behaviour and
new change is to be adopted, the prior behaviour is required to be discarded. At the same
time, it also suggested the three steps to bring this change. The first stage is unfreezing of the
present level, moving the further level and then refreezing the new level. Afterwards, several