Lewin's Change Management Model

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LEWINS CHANGE MANAGEMENT MODEL
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1LEWINS CHANGE MANAGEMENT MODEL
Change is the key driving force for an organisation for becoming innovative in the
business environment with the new management tools and styles (Cameron and Green, 2015).
There are several management thinkers who have proposed different models and theories
related to the nature of change management. One of them is Kurt Lewin (1890-1947). He has
developed that change management model during 1940s. This paper would elaborate on
providing a brief overview of this model including his rationale for creating this theory and
the intended role this model would address in change management.
Lewin’s change management model is a three step process of unfreeze, change and
freeze (Cummings, Bridgman & Brown, 2016). The very first step in Lewin’s change
management model is that of unfreeze the prevailing situation. It determines the things that
needs to be changed and ensures that there is a strong support from the management. It is a
very important stage to break the resistance from the change. The next step is the change. It is
the step where all the changes take place. These changes could be facilitated by persuading
all the employees in order to agree with the changes by communicating with them about the
benefits of these changes as well as ensuring that everyone has to work together for getting
the best out of the changes as well as showing them a new perspectives. The next step is of
freezing. It is the stage after the implementation of the change. In this stage, certain
sustainable ways are developed for sustaining the change and then successes are celebrated.
The rationale of Lewin for creating this theory was to create a new sense of stability in this
ever-changing world. The role that this model plays in order to address in the change
management is that it studies the whole organisational change process and assess whether or
not the changes are required. At the same time, it also tries to decrease the difficulties with
the opposition by addressing it head on.
It is to note that there is a great importance of each and every stage of change
management model. Before the implementation process of any change, it is very necessary to