Fundamentals of Management: Essential Concepts and Applications (9th Edition)
Fundamentals of Management: Essential Concepts and Applications (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780133499919
Author: Stephen P. Robbins, David A. De Cenzo, Mary A. Coulter
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 1DT
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The meaning of force field analysis and how it can be used for organizational change.

Introduction:

Organizational changes are changes required to be made in people, structure, or technology to deal with a business situation. According to the Lewin's and Kotter's Model of change: This model described the steps to be taken for an organizational change. The steps are as follows:

Unfreezing (Creating the motivation for change)

Changing (Implementing new systems and procedures)

Refreezing (Support and maintenance for the change)

Force-field analysis is developed in social psychology. It provides a framework for looking at the factors that influence a social situation. This analysis considers the factors that influence a change situation. The analysis helps in increasing the driving forces of change and decreasing the blocking forces of change.

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Answer to Problem 1DT

Solution:

Force-field analysis is developed in social psychology. It provides a framework for looking at the factors that influence a social situation. The analysis helps in increasing the driving forces of change and decreasing the blocking forces of change.

Explanation of Solution

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The given case discuses the achievement of the German-American psychologist Kurt Lewin who derived Force-field analysis. Force-field analysis is developed in social psychology. It provides a framework for looking at the factors that influence a social situation. This analysis considers the factors that influence a change situation. The analysis helps in increasing the driving forces of change and decreasing the blocking forces of change.

Force-field analysis is developed in social psychology. It provides a framework for looking at the factors that influence a social situation. This analysis considers the factors that influence a change situation. The analysis helps in increasing the driving forces of change and decreasing the blocking forces of change.

While making and organizational change the managers should identify the driving forces and the blocking forces, then the Force-field analysis helps in increasing the driving forces of change and decreasing the blocking forces of change.

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