ORGA 233 SB51 Change Management Report on Failures and Barriers

This report delves into the realm of organizational change management, providing a comprehensive overview of its definition, the methods involved in managing the change process, and the strategies that can be employed. It identifies key barriers to the effective implementation of change initiatives, such as viewing change as a threat, poor communication, and a lack of employee input, alongside the misconceptions of leaders and the lack of knowledge to drive the organization to strategic direction. Furthermore, the report examines the reasons behind the failure of change management efforts, including a lack of commitment, confusion, and a lack of order and confidence in the management process. The report references scholarly articles to support its findings and provide a foundation for understanding the complexities of organizational change. The report is a literature review paper on a specific change management topic. The assignment aims to develop research skills and to gain a deep understanding of a change management topic of your choice. The assignment will contribute to achieving the following learning objectives: Identify and formulate a relevant research question on change management; Find, select, and organize articles and books on a specific change management topic; Critically evaluate and use change management scholarly articles and books; Synthesize ideas and theories on a change management topic and present them in a coherent and clearly written manner using the APA documentation style; Develop your facilitation, project management and group work skills through a change management literature review project; Develop your communication skills through.

Organisational Change
Management

Definition
• change management refers to the method of continually
transforming the direction of an organization and its structure and
performance.

Managing the Change Process
• Wisely designed Strategies
• Effective Communication
• Improvement of the Work culture

Barriers to the management of organizational
changes
• Considering change as a Threat rather than Opportunity
• Poor communication and inefficient transparency (Pollack & Pollack, 2015).
• Nott Valuing Employee Input
• Misconception of the leaders
• Lack of Knowledge to drive the organisation to strategic direction
• Lack of consistency (Ceulemans, Lozano & Alonso-Almeida, 2015).

Reasons For Failure
• Lack of Commitment
• Confusion created by overloaded works
• Lack of Order and confidence in the process of management
(Chathoth, 2014).

References
• Lozano, R., Ceulemans, K., & Seatter, C. S. (2015). Teaching organisational change management for sustainability:
designing and delivering a course at the University of Leeds to better prepare future sustainability change
agents. Journal of Cleaner Production, 106, 205-215.
• Chathoth, P. K., Ungson, G. R., Altinay, L., Chan, E. S., Harrington, R., & Okumus, F. (2014). Barriers affecting
organisational adoption of higher order customer engagement in tourism service interactions. Tourism
Management, 42, 181-193.
• Najda-Janoszka, M., & Kopera, S. (2014). Exploring barriers to innovation in tourism industry–the case of
southern region of Poland. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 110, 190-201.
• Lozano, R., Nummert, B., & Ceulemans, K. (2016). Elucidating the relationship between sustainability reporting
and organisational change management for sustainability. Journal of cleaner production, 125, 168-188.
• Ceulemans, K., Lozano, R., & Alonso-Almeida, M. (2015). Sustainability reporting in higher education:
Interconnecting the reporting process and organisational change management for sustainability. Sustainability,
7(7), 8881-8903.
• Pollack, J., & Pollack, R. (2015). Using Kotter’s eight stage process to manage an organisational change program:
Presentation and practice. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 28(1), 51-66.
• Doppelt, B. (2017). Leading change toward sustainability: A change-management guide for business, government
and civil society. Routledge.
• Carnall, C. (2018). Managing change. Routledge.