Change management
Individual Assignment
Introduction
Change management is an approach to transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations to a desired future state. In this assignment I will be covering Rollin and Christine Glaser’s (1992) five elements to improve team effectiveness, IT management competencies, reasons for mergers and acquisitions in reference to South African businesses and roles leaders should play during the change process.
In the aim to provide one with a better understanding of and insight of change management.
Question 1
Rollin and Christine Glaser (1992) the five elements that contribute to the level of a team’s effectiveness over time.
These are:
• Team mission, planning and goal setting;
• Team roles;
• Team operating processes;
• Team interpersonal relationships; and
• Inter team relations.
Team mission planning and goal setting
The most effective teams have a strong sense of their purpose, organize their work around that purpose, and plan and set goals in line with that purpose. Teams and individuals within teams must have a clear understanding of their objectives. Clarity of objectives together with a common understanding and agreement of these objectives are fundamental. Locke and Latham have identified that the very act of goal setting was a prime motivator for a team; the more your team sets clear goals the more likely it is to succeed. When implementing clear goal setting in a team it will increase the effectiveness ratio. Clear goals are even more substantial when teams are involved in change, partially because unless they know where they are going they are unlikely to get there, and partly because a strong sense of purpose can mitigate some of the more harmful effects of change.
Team roles
The team should comprehend their own and other team members roles, and how these link to achieving the team objective. This becomes even more important with teams based remotely and some that are part-time working.
Introduction
Change management is an approach to transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations to a desired future state. In this assignment I will be covering Rollin and Christine Glaser’s (1992) five elements to improve team effectiveness, IT management competencies, reasons for mergers and acquisitions in reference to South African businesses and roles leaders should play during the change process.
In the aim to provide one with a better understanding of and insight of change management.
Question 1
Rollin and Christine Glaser (1992) the five elements that contribute to the level of a team’s effectiveness over time.
These are:
• Team mission, planning and goal setting;
• Team roles;
• Team operating processes;
• Team interpersonal relationships; and
• Inter team relations.
Team mission planning and goal setting
The most effective teams have a strong sense of their purpose, organize their work around that purpose, and plan and set goals in line with that purpose. Teams and individuals within teams must have a clear understanding of their objectives. Clarity of objectives together with a common understanding and agreement of these objectives are fundamental. Locke and Latham have identified that the very act of goal setting was a prime motivator for a team; the more your team sets clear goals the more likely it is to succeed. When implementing clear goal setting in a team it will increase the effectiveness ratio. Clear goals are even more substantial when teams are involved in change, partially because unless they know where they are going they are unlikely to get there, and partly because a strong sense of purpose can mitigate some of the more harmful effects of change.
Team roles
The team should comprehend their own and other team members roles, and how these link to achieving the team objective. This becomes even more important with teams based remotely and some that are part-time working.
References: and bibliographies Cameron ,E, Green ,M. "Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models Tools and Techniques of Organizational Change". Kogan Page Publishers, (2012) Kotter, J. (July 12, 2011). "Change Management vs. Change Leadership -What 's the Difference?" Filicetti, John (August 20, 2007). "Project Management Dictionary". Conner, Daryl (August 15, 2012). "The Real Story of the Burning Platform". Anderson, D. & Anderson, L.A. (2001). Beyond Change Management: Advanced Strategies for Today’s Transformational Leaders.