sunita-strategic choices: WEEK 18

1.How can using the Change Kaleidoscope and Force-field analysis help an organization to deliver its intended strategy?

Change Kaleidoscope: It is model that deals with all the contextual features and implementation options that are required for consideration when organization undergoes change. The framework of the model helps the managers to design a ‘context sensitive’ approach to change. It contains 8 contextual features that can be assessed as positive, negative or neutral to the change. If it suggests positive then it those features facilitates change and the negative restrict changes.

Organization Contextual Features:

Time - The time period within which change need to be adept
Scope - The degree of change, which can be separated into realignment and transformation
Preservation - The organization assets, culture, or competencies which needs to be retained during change
Diversity - The level of difference among groups of employees and divisions, who/which will be affected of change, in terms of attitudes, values, and norms
Capability - The organization competency to implement change in terms of managerial skills and personal knowledge and ability
Capacity - Organization resources needed for change investment including cash, human resources, and time
Readiness - Employee's level of change awareness and readiness
Power - The power needed for initiating change

The design choices

Change path: classified as 4 types – Adaptation, Revolution, Reconstruction and Evolution
Change start point: where the change is initiated
Change style: type of management style to be adapted
Change intervention: the types of mechanisms to be deployed
Change roles: assigning roles and responsibilities

Force Field Analysis: It is a decision-making technique that identifies all the forces that are for or against changes. It helps he managers to strengthen the driving faces that go ahead with the changes and increase the chance of success, and weakening the restraining forces that are against it.