Management of Change

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Management of change
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Executive Summary
Organizational change management is referred as one of the frameworks in order to maintain the
impact of new business process as well as changes in the organizational structure or cultural
changes within an organization. A systematic approach to organizational change management
has several benefits when the change needs people in the organization in order to learn new
behaviors as well as skills. Thus, formal setting of the expectation is employing the tools to
enhance communication as well as proactively seeking the expectations. In the present study, the
case study of Lakeland Wonders has been considered for analysing organization change
management.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
The key concepts.............................................................................................................................4
Organizational change management theories..................................................................................5
Organizational change program of Lakeland Wonders as communicated by Cheryl to the other
stakeholders/managers.....................................................................................................................6
Analysis of the change program communicated by Cheryl.............................................................7
Cultural analysis..............................................................................................................................8
Stakeholder analysis........................................................................................................................9
Leadership and change agent analysis...........................................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
Change management in an in organization helps to ease the organizational transitions. It
assists the employees to comprehend, makes commitment, accept as well as embrace changes in
the present business environment. Change management is also considered as the formal way of
making communication with the employees. In present study, the key concept of change
management, Organizational change program of Lakeland Wonders as communicated by Cheryl
to the other stakeholders/managers are discussed. In addition, the change program communicated
by Cheryl is also explained in the present study. The cultural aspects and stakeholders’ roles are
analyzed in the present study. Leadership and change agent analysis are described related to the
case study selected in the present study. The paper will analyze the organizational change
imposed in Lakeland Wonders. The organization has currently adopted a specific change
management that has been brought by CEO of the organization, Cheryl Hailstrom.
The key concepts
Smollan (2015) stated that change management is considered as the procedure, tools as
well as techniques in order to manage the side of people for achieving the required business
findings (Grosser et al., 2016). Change management corporates the tools of an organization that
can be used for helping individuals to make successful personal transitions that have results in
adopting and realizing the change. In other words, organizational change management is one of
the frameworks to manage the effect of the business procedure where changes in the
organizational structure as well as making cultural changes within the organization.
A systematic approach to organizational change management gains advantages when the
change needs people throughout an enterprise in order to learn new behaviors as well as skills.