Change in organisations The business environment is fast and rapidly changing and this puts tremendous pressure on  businesses to change so as to adapt to those changes. Change happens as a result of internal and  external factors. Leading change efforts require skills. People rarely welcome change. They try to  resist it at every opportunity they get. Managing the human aspects is critical to the success of  change Introducing change and transformation has to be done carefully, sensitively and collaboratively.  Both leaders and their people may implement change willingly and appropriately and quickly if  they have been well trained in change courses which normally give them essential skills to  seamlessly implement change in organisations As someone who influences others, the leader is likely to experience change as part of the  organisational initiative or own initiative. Effective leadership requires an understanding of  members’ needs, skills and personalities. A good leader will adapt their approach to suit the  circumstances faced and accommodate individual preferences of members Schermerhorn, Hunt & Osborn (2005) identify eight reasons why people resist change: fear of the  unknown, lack of good information, fear of loss of security, when they see no reasons for change,  fear of loss of power, lack of resources, bad timing and that people are habitual.  Kotter and Schlesinger (1979) identified six methods of dealing with and overcoming resistance  change. There is need to communicate the business case for change. When implementing change  management must support the change, employees must be involved and must fully understand the  urgency and need for the change. Change must be clearly communicated, barriers before and  during the implementation of change must be removed, following up to see how the change is  progressing and celebrating successful change steps remains critical for successful implementation  of change Task  Your classmates have no idea about Kotter and Schlesinger six methods of overcoming change.  You have done intense research on them, being able to identify what the methods are and when to  best use them. Explain to them the six methods and when to best use each one of them to overcome  resistance to change

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Change in organisations
The business environment is fast and rapidly changing and this puts tremendous pressure on 
businesses to change so as to adapt to those changes. Change happens as a result of internal and 
external factors. Leading change efforts require skills. People rarely welcome change. They try to 
resist it at every opportunity they get. Managing the human aspects is critical to the success of 
change
Introducing change and transformation has to be done carefully, sensitively and collaboratively. 
Both leaders and their people may implement change willingly and appropriately and quickly if 
they have been well trained in change courses which normally give them essential skills to 
seamlessly implement change in organisations
As someone who influences others, the leader is likely to experience change as part of the 
organisational initiative or own initiative. Effective leadership requires an understanding of 
members’ needs, skills and personalities. A good leader will adapt their approach to suit the 
circumstances faced and accommodate individual preferences of members
Schermerhorn, Hunt & Osborn (2005) identify eight reasons why people resist change: fear of the 
unknown, lack of good information, fear of loss of security, when they see no reasons for change, 
fear of loss of power, lack of resources, bad timing and that people are habitual. 

Kotter and Schlesinger (1979) identified six methods of dealing with and overcoming resistance 
change. There is need to communicate the business case for change. When implementing change 
management must support the change, employees must be involved and must fully understand the 
urgency and need for the change. Change must be clearly communicated, barriers before and 
during the implementation of change must be removed, following up to see how the change is 
progressing and celebrating successful change steps remains critical for successful implementation 
of change
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Your classmates have no idea about Kotter and Schlesinger six methods of overcoming change. 
You have done intense research on them, being able to identify what the methods are and when to 
best use them. Explain to them the six methods and when to best use each one of them to overcome 
resistance to change

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