Strategic Workforce Plan: Strategic HRM in Organizational Change

This report provides an overview of strategic workforce planning, focusing on change management models and the role of HR management within organizations, particularly referencing Marks and Spencer. It discusses Lewin's three-stage model (Unfreezing, Change, Freeze) and Kotter's eight-step change management model (Create Urgency, Build Guiding Team, Develop the Vision, Communicate the Vision, Remove Obstacles, Creating Short Term Wins, Combining Gains, Harbour Change in Corporate Culture). The report highlights HR's contribution to training, induction, and strategic program development. The conclusion emphasizes the helpfulness of these models in organizational expansion and new product introduction.

STRATEGIC
WORKFORCE PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LEWIN'S CHANGE MANAGEMENT MODEL
KOTTER CHANGE MANAGEMENT MODEL
CONTRIBUTION OF HR MANAGEMENT
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
 Organisational change management model related to different theories
and concepts that provides in depth knowledge of the organisational
change.
 The present report is based on Marks and Spencer that is the greatest
retailer in UK and is specialized in selling clothing, home and food
products.

LEWIN'S CHANGE MANAGEMENT
MODEL
This model consists of three stages which are as follows:
 UNFREEZING
 CHANGE
 FREEZE

KOTTER CHANGE MANAGEMENT
MODEL
 CREATE URGENCY
 BUILD GUIDING TEAM
 DEVELOP THE VISION
 COMMUNICATE THE VISION
 REMOVE OBSTACLES
 CREATING SHORT TERM WINS
 COMBINING GAINS
 HARBOUR CHANGE IN CORPORATE CULTURE

CONTRIBUTION OF HR
MANAGEMENT
 HR management in Marks and Spencer are responsible
for the training and induction of new employees within
the organization so that they are able to work in
coordination with others.
 Moreover, they are also responsible for developing
strategic programmes for overall organization so that
goals are achieved in timely manner

CONCLUSION
 From the above report it can be summarized that change management models such as
Kotter and Lewin model are helpful when organization need to expand its business or
introduce new product in organization.

REFERENCES
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 Jinalee, N. and Singh, A. K., 2018. A descriptive study of time management models and
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pp.141-147.