The Effects of Organizational Change

Overview/Description
 Companies and organizations today cannot survive without becoming adept at change. Likewise, today's employees must learn to adapt their attitudes and practices to an ever-changing environment. To do that effectively, you must first understand what is driving organizational change. Then, you must be aware of how various individuals interpret and respond to change. Finally, you'll need to know exactly how the change cycle works. This course will help you gain expertise in all of these areas, assisting you in laying the groundwork necessary for adapting your personal responses to the forces that are currently driving organizational change.

Target Audience
 Managers, supervisors, team leaders

Expected Duration
3.0 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Forces that Drive Organizational Change

  • recognize the value of understanding the impact of forces that drive organizational change.
  • identify the economic and social forces that drive organizational change.
  • identify the ways economic and social forces affect individuals in the changing workplace.
  • identify the examples of how organizations can meet the changing expectations of employees.

    • How Change Is Interpreted

  • recognize the benefits of identifying the impact of change on individuals.
  • identify the ways organizational change affects individuals.
  • match the phases of doubt with the examples.
  • differentiate between learned optimism and learned helplessness.

    • Responses to Change

  • recognize the importance of identifying various responses to change.
  • match the categories of individual responses to change with the examples.
  • select the examples of behaviors that are manifestations of change resistance.
  • identify the examples of ways to overcome change resistance.

    • The Change Cycle

  • recognize the benefits of the change cycle.
  • identify the examples of behaviors associated with the beginning of the change cycle.
  • identify the methods of individuals working through the neutral zone.
  • identify the behaviors and skills associated with the transformation.

    • Course Number: PD0331