Organizational Change Management: Importance of Leadership and Change Intervention

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ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT 1
Executive Summary
Organization change management is crucial for the business as it helps in managing the change
which has brought up through new processes, organizational structure and other cultural changes.
Therefore, it involves the activities relating to management of change and avoiding the resistance
to change. In this, leadership has a significant role as the activities of change management
process requires special skills and expertise which are possessed by a leader. Change can take
place in many ways and the same can benefit the organization to stay ahead of the competitors
by utilizing the new technologies and new ideas of doing things. However, managing change is
essential part of the change activities that enables the organization to communicate the changes
to the employees and minimize the resistance to change. This ultimately helps in gaining the trust
of the employees on the top-level management and also creates the adaptability of the changes
which creates an innovative workplace.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT 2
Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Leadership for Change.....................................................................................................................3
Change Factor lead by Leadership..................................................................................................4
Trust.............................................................................................................................................4
Organizational Culture.................................................................................................................4
Learning.......................................................................................................................................4
Teamwork, communicating and Leading.....................................................................................5
Decision making..........................................................................................................................5
Role Model...................................................................................................................................5
Accountable and Transparent Leader..........................................................................................5
Change Intervention by Leaders......................................................................................................5
Lewin’s Change Management Model..........................................................................................6
Unfreeze...................................................................................................................................6
Change......................................................................................................................................6
Freeze.......................................................................................................................................6
Recommended Plan.........................................................................................................................6
John Kotter’s Change Model.......................................................................................................7
Create Urgency.........................................................................................................................7
Form a Powerful Coalition.......................................................................................................7
Create a Vision for Change......................................................................................................7
Communicate the Vision..........................................................................................................7
Remove Obstacles....................................................................................................................8
Create Short-Term Wins..........................................................................................................8
Build on the change..................................................................................................................8
Anchor the changes in corporate culture..................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References......................................................................................................................................10

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT 3
Introduction
Organizational change development is concerned with making significant improvement in the
organizational design, policy structure and decision-making process in order to attain the goals
and objectives of the organization. Change occurs when an organization decides to change the
nature of the operations of a department or brings new innovations and technologies. It also
occurs when the organization makes acquisitions with the other firms (Cameron & Green,
2015). The topic for this report is leadership for change. As leaders play a vital role in
incorporating change into the organization, they are highly responsible for the changes made.
Leadership for change refers to the ability of the leader to influence and motivate the employees
through their behavior and actions in order to make the employees to accept the change. The
concept of leadership is helpful in managing the conflicts arising due to the resistance to change
(Hechanova & Cementina-Olpoc, 2013). However, the report discusses the importance of
leadership in change management and the creativity of a leader while making changes into the
organization. Further, change interventions taken by leaders are also analyzed by determining an
effective plan for change management.
Leadership for Change
Leadership for change is the process of establishing and managing the change into the
organization through the leadership skills. Whenever, change is incorporated into the
organization, it has many problems for the managers and employees as well (Gilley, et al.,
2009). To cope up with the changes, leadership plays a vital role. Effective leadership makes the
change management easier and successful. However, there are 3 C’s of change leadership that
are necessary for change execution. These are the main determinants of successful leader for
change management which are discussed as below:
 Communication is the key for successful change. Successful leaders communicate the
purpose and benefits of change in order to avoid the resistance to change.
 Collaborate is the second C in change leadership through which leaders focus on
collaborating and involving the employees into the decisions which increases the
commitments of employees (Beerel, 2009).