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Joe Maldonado
Copyright (c) 2012 Joe Maldonado There is a saying - IF THERE IS ANYTHING CONSTANT IN LIFE THEN IT IS NONE OTHER THAN CHANGE! This is just as true as the sun you see every morning! These changes actually affect the organizations and the only mistake that we make is that we fail to react appropriately. That's so small, right? But unfortunately, the consequences are way bigger than we imagine. However, the ability of the organization to react to those changes is what determines the ability of the organization to survive. The sad thing is that despite knowing this, most organizations resist changes. It is the ability to accept changes and live with them is what that aids how to overcome obstacles to reactions. In reality, the term called change management is not really correct. Change management actually refers to reaction management. It actually refers to the management of reactions of people who are affected by the change. It is actually reaction management of the whole organization. This is accomplished by overcoming obstacles, which are responsible for incorrect reactions. Let us now take a look at the different hurdles to change management: Change management has numerous obstacles. There are several hurdles which are unique to some specific organization and there are other hurdles which are unique to individuals of an organization. The environment for change is produced by this uniqueness. It is very important to develop the ability to work within this environment by recognizing the commonalities. Let us now take a look at a few obstacles which can be commonly found across various organizations. 1. Most of the organizations do not have the proper education required to manage the reactions which result out of change. The managers are not taught properly how to deal with such reactions and manage the organization. Prediction of reaction is very important and the managers must be able to do so in order to work out solutions around any change. 2. Change recognition is a slow process. People generally fail to recognize the importance or extent of the change. Though this is a mechanism for survival and even though it is good in a number of ways, this delayed reaction can cause severe issues when a quick reaction is needed. 3. Energy and time are two major constraints. The managers often run short of time to convince their people that it is necessary to quickly adapt to the change or as a matter of fact, they run out of time to even convince people that change is required. People have a tendency to resist whenever a change is imposed. 4. The changes that organizations and hence, its people face are far more complex and faster than the changes which occurred in the past. It is because of this complexity that it becomes difficult to identify the primary response, which means that the best way to manage those changes is also become difficult to identify. There are many more changes which can be discussed but remain outside the scope of this article. It short it can be said that it is crucial to identify changes and the reactions to those changes in order to manage them efficiently for the overall success of any company or organization.
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