Managing Performance with Change Theory

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Managing Performance with Change Theory
Like many companies today, JBL Enterprises (herein referred to as “JBL”) is struggling with a decline in productivity due to a lack of employee motivation. Despite staffing and processes remaining stable, JBL has experienced a significant decline in productivity in recent years. In order to understand the issues at hand, this situation can be looked at via Change Theory (Lewin, 1947). This theory utilizes a three step process of Unfreeze-Change-Freeze (Colorado State University-Global Campus, 2013). By utilizing Lewin’s Change Theory, JBL can implement and sustain empowerment strategies that will motivate employees, thereby increasing productivity.
Change Theory
Lewin’s Change Theory suggested three steps for successful change: unfreezing (when needed), moving (when change is initiated) and freezing (when equilibrium is established) (Mitchell, 2013). In the unfreezing phase, the goal is the release counterproductive patterns either by increasing forces to direct behavior away from current status quo, decreasing forces that are hindering movement in the desired direction, or a combination of both (Colorado State University-Global Campus, 2013). Often times, an organization may start this phase with an assessment in order to determine the key issues that need to be fixed and identify the desired outcomes (Andre, 2013); this will essentially “unfreeze” the issues at hand. Once accomplished, the organization can begin “moving” towards the desired change by putting their plan into action. Andre (2013) notes that it is important for everyone to understand that “change is not something the organization is trying on for size but rather it is the way things will be done from now on” (p. 45). To ...

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Works Cited

Andre, J. M. (2013). Plan do stablise repeat: How to lead change successfully. Management Services, 57(1), 42-47. Retrieved from https://ehis-ebscohost-com.csuglobal.idm.oclc.org/ehost
Colorado State University-Global Campus. (2013). Module 2 - Leadership and leadership theories [Blackboard e-course]. In ORG 502 - Effective organizations theory and practice. Greenwood Village, CO: Author.
Lewin, K. (1947). Frontier in group dynamics: Concept, method and reality in social science; social equilibria and social change. Human Relations, 1(1), 5-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001872674700100103
Mitchell, G. (2013). Selecting the best theory to implement planned change (Doctoral thesis, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Queen’s University, Belfast). Retrieved from https://ehis-ebscohost-com.csuglobal.idm.oclc.org/ehost.
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