The Benefits of Effective Change Management: A Detailed Report

This report analyzes an article on the benefits of effective change management within organizations. It explores the rationale for the article's selection, focusing on the impact of change management on organizational culture and behavior, particularly in response to technological advancements and evolving stakeholder demands. The report evaluates the article's strengths, such as its use of primary data collection through surveys, and weaknesses, including a limited literature review and lack of recommendations for overcoming barriers to change implementation. The analysis highlights the article's contribution to change theory and practice, emphasizing the importance of change management in mitigating risks, improving employee performance, and adapting to dynamic business environments. The report also discusses the methodologies used in the article, including design, training, and communication strategies. The report ultimately provides a comprehensive overview of the article's key findings, methodologies, and contributions to the field of organizational change and management.

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Organizational Change and Development
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Table of Contents
1. Rationale for choosing this article:..............................................................................................2
2. Strengths and weakness of author’s research and argument:......................................................3
3. Articles’ contribution to change theory and practice:..................................................................6
Reference List:.................................................................................................................................7

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Selected Journal Article: Dutta, S.K. and Kleiner, B., 2015. The Benefits of Effective
Change Management on an Organization's Culture. Leadership & Organizational
Management Journal, 2015(1)
1. Rationale for choosing this article:
With the emergence of technology as well as dynamic progress of business the needs and
demands of organizational stakeholder is changing gradually. Therefore, business organizations
have to focus on changing business strategies and policies for meeting customers’ desires.
Behind choosing this article, there is a specific reason. In this particular article the author has
provided in-depth analysis on how change management leaves major positive impact on
organizational culture and behavior. While running the entire process of business, organizations
have to face immense challenges and difficulties. Hayes (2014) stated that communication gap
arises among the employees, which decreases the level of performance. The organization may
have to face certain technological crisis due to which the entire process of business loses its
rhythmic flow. In this kind of situation, business managers have to apply change management in
order to overcome this kind of sudden crisis. In this very specific article the author has
highlighted on how the implementation of change management has left a major positive impact
in rendering organizational success.
The primary objectives of this very specific article are as follows:
 To evaluate the impact of change management on maintaining organizational culture
 To identify the factors which affect in implementing entire change management process

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 To provide major recommendations on how the barriers of implementing change
management can be overcome
Brief overview of the article:
In this very specific article, the author has stated that change management helps an
organization to fulfill the current needs and desires of stakeholders. In order to gain competitors’
advantages the organizations have to change their policies and strategies. Business leaders
should not restrict themselves within specific form of leadership style. Based on the business
environment the leaders have to use transformational style of leadership. The author has also
highlighted that economy, sufficient workforce strength are the several barriers due to which
business organizations are unable to apply change management process.
2. Strengths and weakness of author’s research and argument:
After going through the entire article, the research questions that are collected for
evaluating this study are as follows:
 What is the impact of change management on maintaining organizational culture?
 What are the factors, which affect in implementing entire change management process?
 What should be the major recommendations for overcoming the barriers of implementing
change management can be overcome?
In order to implement the entire change management process within organization the article has
focused to use three major methodologies that are as follows:
 Design:

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Top management should design the plan first before executing change management at the
workplace. Gärtner (2013) opined that the primary purpose of designing this plan is to exhibit the
entire change management process systematically. The managers get the scope to make an
effective risk analysis about the pros and cons of this change policy. As a result, organization
does not have to face challenges while running entire business process.
 Training:
Rafferty, Jimmieson and Armenakis (2013) opined that employees and management may
not be accustomed with every changing policies and strategies. The role of an efficient business
manager is to focus on executing the strategy with perfection. For that purpose, the employees
are instructed to receive an effective training for enhancing their professional skill and
competency. As a result, the understanding between the managers and the employees become
very much strong.
 Communication:
Proper communication among the stakeholders of organization is one of the most
effective methods of implement change management at the workplace. Before making any kind
of changing strategies business managers have to make an effective communication with the
employees so that managers can take a collective decision. As emphasized by Gärtner (2013) the
employees have every right to know the reason of implementing change management at the
workplace.
In order to gather effective data about the importance of change management at the
workplace, the author has used organizational employees directly in the survey method. The

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employees have participated directly in survey in order to give their own point of view regarding
the importance of change management on organizational culture.
Data can be collected in two major ways including primary data collection method and
secondary data collection method. In this very specific study, the author has use primary data
collection method for gathering necessary information directly from the employees. With the
help of primary data collection technique information can be gathered immediately. Around fifty
employees have been participated within the survey process or sharing their opinion about the
importance of change management on enhancing organizational culture.
Strength and Weakness of the research:
After evaluating the entire article, it can be stated that the author has not made an
effective literature review in this very specific study. The impact of change management in
improving organizational performance could have been discussed in detail. At the same time, the
author has not provided recommendation on how necessary barriers of implementing change
management can be overcome.
One of the most significant strength of this specific research is using in-depth data
collection technique. Participants have been selected from various cultural backgrounds and
attitudes. The author has not shown any biased attitude while selecting the participant. As a
result, the response of the participants would be very effective for evaluating the entire research
issue.

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3. Articles’ contribution to change theory and practice:
In the real business scenario organizations like to show their reluctant attitude in
implementing change management due to risk factors. In this very specific article the author has
described on how business organizations should use change management theory and practice at
their workplace that can help them to overcome any kind of risks and sudden crisis. On the other
hand, the article has depicted on how employees would be able to enhance their level of
performances after implementing change management at their workplace. The author has
highlighted some of the major factors as well that highly affect in implementing change
management at the workplace. Gärtner (2013) stated that the author has not depicted on how a
good leadership style can motivate the employees in maintaining organizational culture and
behavior. The necessary benefits of implementing situational leadership style at workplace have
not been presented in this very specific study.

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Reference List:
Dutta, S.K. and Kleiner, B., 2015. The Benefits Of Effective Change Management On An
Organization's Culture. Leadership & Organizational Management Journal, 2015(1).
Gärtner, C., 2013. Enhancing readiness for change by enhancing mindfulness. Journal of Change
Management, 13(1), pp.52-68.
Hayes, J., 2014. The theory and practice of change management. Palgrave Macmillan.
Kuipers, B.S., Higgs, M., Kickert, W., Tummers, L., Grandia, J. and Van der Voet, J., 2014. The
management of change in public organizations: A literature review. Public administration, 92(1),
pp.1-20.
Rafferty, A.E., Jimmieson, N.L. and Armenakis, A.A., 2013. Change readiness: A multilevel
review. Journal of management, 39(1), pp.110-135.
Van der Voet, J., 2014. The effectiveness and specificity of change management in a public
organization: Transformational leadership and a bureaucratic organizational structure. European
Management Journal, 32(3), pp.373-382.