Strategic Approach to Change Management

The Importance of Proper Change Management

The article, “Change as an Opportunity: A Strategic Approach to Change Management,” by Newell, (2018), refutes that many organizations make a mistake in the way they handle change. How an organization handles change is imperative to its success and can be the cause of failure. The business environment is always changing, and thus organizations should always ensure preparedness and stability in the change process through empowering the HR department so that they can understand the most effective approaches to change. Some of the reasons why change fails include; incorrect identification of the target, delayed implementation and poor planning of the integration approaches. There are several tactics that HR should implement to streamline change management, and they include; solidifying understanding of the organization as a whole, the creation of an acquisition committee consisting representatives from all departments, mapping out a strategic communication plan and ensuring employees have a clear understanding of their roles.

The Role of Strategy Execution and Leadership

Strategy execution structure and strategy execution change are relevant to the article in that they assist organizations in making sure that they involve all the departments in making plans based on business needs and in the implementation of the necessary changes. Working with the human resource and teams selected from the different departments largely aids in the streamlining of the change process and ensuring tactics get implemented promptly. Leadership is relevant in the article in that it emphasizes on the need to bring together representatives from the different departments in the acquisition committee to ensure collaboration and getting the strategy executed (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoskisson, 2017). Working collaboratively is important in creating a solid foundation for holding the business down, effective enforcement of corporate health and dealing with challenges facing the organization effectively. It also aids in the creation of a culture of oneness due to the ease of interaction, ability to relate with each other well and building of relationships based on trust.

Managing Change as an Opportunity

The article refutes that leaders should manage change in such a way that the staff views it as an opportunity rather than a threat. It is thus important to come up with effective strategies of structuring as well as executing change in an organization to ensure a smooth flow of operations and reap great benefits from the change. I believe that for a change to be effective, the leaders should ensure adequate representation of views and opinions of employees from all departments as it makes it execute the crafted plan.

References

Hitt, M., Ireland, R. & Hoskisson, R. (2017). Strategic management : Competitiveness & globalization. Australia Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Newell, C. (2018). Change As An Opportunity: A Strategic Approach To Change Management. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2018/07/20/change-as-an-opportunity-a-strategic-approach-to-change-management/#52ada8b22412