GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Global Leadership Skills

Global Leadership Skills

Introduction

The first and most authentic definition of “change management” is that the name refers to the chore of managing change. The clear is not of necessity unambiguous. Managing change is itself a term that has at least two meanings. One sense of managing change refers to the making of changes in a planned and managed or methodical fashion. The aim is to more efficiently put into practice new methods and systems in a continuing organization.

The changes to be managed lie in and are controlled by the organization. Though, these internal changes might have been caused by events inventing outside the organization, in what is habitually termed “the environment.” Therefore the second meaning of managing change, that is, the reply to changes over which the organization exercises little or no control. Researchers and practitioners alike characteristically differentiate between a knee-jerk or reactive reply and an anticipative or proactive response (Blackmore 2002). Change Management in Professional Practice

From the view of change management as an area of professional practice there arises yet a third definition of change management: at ease or subject matter of change management. This consists primarily of the models, methods and techniques, tools, skills, and other forms of information that goes into making up any practice. The content or subject matter of change management is haggard from psychology, sociology, business administration, economics, industrial engineering, systems engineering, and the cram of human and organizational behavior. For many practitioners, these part bodies of knowledge are connected and integrated by a set of concepts and principles recognized as General Systems Theory (GST). It is not obvious whether this area of professional practice should be named a profession, a regulation, an art, a set of techniques, or a technology. For now, be sufficient it to say that there is a large, sensibly cohesive albeit rather eclectic body of knowledge fundamental the practice and on which most practitioners would agree even if their application of it does show a high degree of discrepancy. To sum up, there are at least three basic definitions of change management:

The task of managing change An area of professional practiceA body of knowledge

The Change Process as Problem Solving and Problem finding a very useful structure for thinking about the change procedure is problem solving. Managing change is seen as a matter of moving from one state to one more, specially, from the problem state to the solved state. Diagnosis or problem analysis is usually acknowledged as vital. Goals are set and attained at various levels and in various areas or functions. Ends and means are conversed and related to one another. Cautious planning is accompanied by efforts to get buy-in, support, and assurance. The net effect is a change from one state to another, in a planned, arranged fashion. This is the planned change model. The word “problem” carries with it nuances that some people prefer to avoid. They choose instead to use the word ...