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Managing organizational change: a philosophies of change approach

Published on October 4, 2009   36 min

A selection of talks on Management, Leadership & Organisation

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Hello. My name is Fiona Graetz and the subject of my talk is "Managing Organizational Change: a Philosophies of Change Approach".
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In this talk on a philosophies of change approach, I will firstly look at the context for the traditional rational approach to organizational change. Then I will move on to consider 10 organizational change philosophies and consider how these might provide a broader frame of reference in understanding the change process. I finally consider the value of a multi-philosophy approach in change interventions and whether these philosophies of change may help to turn around the way organizations and, in particular senior management, view the process of change.
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Traditional approaches to organizational change generally follow a linear rational model in which the focus is on controllability under the stewardship of a strong leader or guiding coalition. The underlying assumption of this classical approach, ever popular among change consultants and change gurus, is that organizational change involves a series of predictable reducible steps that can be planned and managed.
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Examples of traditional change models include Grundy's "Power Tools for Change", Kanter et al., "Ten Commandments", Hamer and Champy's "Business Process Reengineering" and Kotter's "Eight Steps to Transforming your Organization".

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