Effective Communication: Implementing Change in Organizations

This report discusses the importance of effective communication within organizations, especially during periods of change. It highlights the necessity of efficient communication channels for leaders and managers to implement changes successfully. The report links communication practices to relevant theories, addressing reasons for employee resistance to change, such as poor participation, uncertainty, and lack of trust. It also examines solutions employed by real companies to manage organizational change, emphasizing leadership activation and employee engagement. The author reflects on a presentation given on the topic, noting strengths such as topic knowledge and areas for improvement based on feedback, including the incorporation of visual aids. Actions taken to address the feedback involve enhancing communication skills to boost confidence and effectively convey ideas.

Effective Communication

 Introduction
 Background of the topic
 Link to theories
 Solutions to the issues from real companies
 Solution to the issue
 What went well in the presentation
 Improvements need to made according to the feedback
 Action taken to make suggested improvements
Table of Contents

 Communication is the process of
exchange of information among
individuals or a group of people. In
order to communicate with team and
other people in the organisation it is
very important to have a efficient
and effective communication
channel.
Introduction

 Communication plays a very
important in any organisation and
whether it is a small business or
large it is very essential for the
leaders and managers to
communicate with their
employees for the purpose to
implement change in the company.
Background of the topic

 In context to employees, there are
various reasons for the employees
to not accept the change and resist
change that involves poor
participation, uncertainty, poor
communications and lack of trust.
Link to theories

 In context to organisations,
managing organizational change
is complicated process. It is
therefore very important on the
part of employees to create plan
and change initiatives and also
engaging employees during the
change process.
Solutions to the issue from real companies

 Activate Leadership: Leadership is the
process of influencing the behaviour of people
by making them strive voluntarily towards
attainment of organisational goals.
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 In my opinion it is very important for
the leaders to communicate in their
best possible way for implementing
change in the organisation with use
of various methods and theories of
change management.
Solution to the issue

 During my presentation there were a lot of
things that went well, such as overall
presentation, my idea regarding the topic,
my understanding regarding the topic that
i have chosen. For me i had immense
knowledge and better understanding of the
topic which really helped me to share my
thoughts and ideas with other people.
What went well in the presentation

 Even though my presentation really
went well, still there were little
improvements which i received in
the feedback which basically
involved having suitable pictures
and graphs in order to share the
accurate data.
Improvements need to made according to the feedback

 In order to improve my feedback, i will
be working on my communication
skills which will help me in boosting
up my confidence and communicating
my ideas and thoughts to the audience
in a effective and efficient manner.
Action taken to make suggested improvements

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