Volunteer Managers' Learning Circle
Wednesday 24th March 2010, 11.30am - 1.00pm
"Managing Change"
In our organisational lives we are enveloped by change. New forms of organisation - matrix, project teams, profit centres - alter whom we work with, while new technologies (particularly new computer-based activities) - transform how we get work done.
Organisational change is often threatening. People seek stability and order; change can mean disruption and uncertainty. Forms of resistance to change run the gamut, from complaints and grumbling to absenteeism, turnover, slowdowns and outright sabotage.
This Learning Circle focuses on resistance to change: why it exists and how to reduce it.
We begin with a simple proposition: Resistance to change is usually neither blind nor irrational. Under normal conditions people resist changes that negatively affect them and welcome changes that - they believe - positively affect them. That's rational conduct.
Either way, you as a manager can facilitate acceptance of organisational change by applying some simple principles for managing change, followed by using techniques of participative management.
I look foward to seeing you at the Circle.
