Course Outline
What change really means – attempts to define the concept of change
- Definitions of change
- What does it mean to manage change?
- Why are we doing this – about the factors triggering the need for change in the organization
- How to tackle it? - various models and approaches to change in the company
Change is driven by people – psychological aspects of change
- Change – an opportunity or a necessity?
- About the non-existent terrible dragon – fears and stereotypes regarding change
- Let’s go into battle – preparing people for change
- Specifics and role of communication in situations of implementing change
Is it time yet – when are we ready for change?
- Is it really time ????? about internal and external reasons for change
- Maybe better not… about different types of resistance to change, recognizing them, and ways to overcome them
- When we fear prematurely – Albee and his model for understanding and reducing stress
- Pros and cons – when we react positively to change and when negatively
An organization is like a human – it develops – proposal for analyzing organizational development according to Greiner)
- Stages of organizational development in Greiner's model
- Change user guide – tips for implementers on how to react and manage in different phases
Self-motivation, positive attitude, and creativity in the process of implementing and managing change
- Change starts within us – about recognizing our own emotions, attitudes, postures, and reactions to change
- There is always another way – seeking new solutions in familiar situations
How to do it step by step – i.e., the stages of change management:
- Establishing the overall organizational goal,
- Scale and size of the change,
- Change and the company's organizational culture,
- Warning signals – the need to identify critical constraints.
Building a change project, including:
- Step by step – division into stages,
- Who is who – i.e., division of functions,
- It can be different – awareness of potential drops in motivation,
- Observation and evaluation – methods of monitoring and measuring results
Leader, lead us!!! The role of the leader in the change process
- The leader's role in the face of change
- Selection of tools and management styles in a situation of change
- Can anyone be a change leader – the competency profile of a change leader
Alone or in a group? – about involving employees in the change process – Drucker's model.
- What we didn't expect – about sudden success, failure, or external events,
- The world of imagination vs. the real world – about the discrepancy between expectations and facts,
- The change process as an indicator of the need for innovation
- Sudden death or a flash of good fortune? – changes that surprise everyone.
Effective influence by the change leader
- How to build trust and acceptance of organizational changes
- Persuasion, i.e., convincing people to change
- Influencing people in a situation of change – model by K. Barnes and R. Cialdini
Requirements
The course is general in nature and participation in it does not require specialist knowledge
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