Organizational Behavior Change Needs A Careful And Gradual ApproachEven though change has become one of the silver bullets that help seek the final outcome of successfully managing strategy, process, people, and culture in all organizations, employees still consider it to be a bane for them. Managing organizational behavior change due to a sudden alteration made in the strategies of the organization can lead to a revolt amongst workers. The ever changing demographic trends, globalization, and technological innovations require organizations to change at a much higher rate than ever before.
A continuous and ongoing combination of science and art assures the alignment of strategies, structures, and processes of an organization that are required to bring about a well meant change. A number of companies undertake various kinds of organizational changes that they feel are needed to survive and prosper in the business environment today. Any change in the organization is preceded by personal change. This is one of the major reasons why change is rather resisted than supported in an organization. This is because people are rarely given the chance to understand the reason behind the change. Therefore, it is very important for employees to know why the change is being made. This would help them know that it is in their own best interest to do things in a different manner. However, the relationship between the change made and performance is not instantaneous. There is no such thing as instantaneous transformation as far as human beings are concerned. Thus, to ask for a change in the organization or even telling workers in the organization to change, without giving them the resources to do so, can be a fool's mission. A wrenching can do no better than create a cynical attitude among employees. Those managers, who do not involve their employees in decisions that affect them always run the risk of change efforts that are stalled. The process may take long, but it avoids the cost of a failed implementation, even if they may have gone too fast. The main aim behind this exercise of involving workers in the decisions of change provides managers with improved estimates of expectations and commitment. If, as a manager, you are able to implement this task well, you would also be able to make your team workers become convinced of the need for change. This will lead to an evangelized effort throughout the organization. Organizations today involve employees in key decision making and pay them higher wages for better performance rather than for time. Organizations today have taken the initiative to manage and introduce changes. They have become more and more proactive rather than reactive. This organizational behavior change helps them to become a better success. |