Barriers to Change

Change cannot be managed,  it emerges. Inturns tension and conflicts are important features of emerging change. Managers are part of the process – their job is highlighting gaps and contradictions.
Therefore, managers need to be psychologically aware of the need for change in order to adapt changes in the external environment.
However, changes can be executed well if it is planned and controlled by defining clear procedures, well defined structure in job roles and efficient workings.

Barries to Change?
•      Unclear aims
•      Unclear values
•      Inappropriate management philosophy
•      Lack of management development
•      Confused organizational structure
•      Inadequate control
•      Inadequate recruitment and selection
•      Unfair rewards
•      Poor training
•      Personal stagnation
•      Inadequate communication

Barriers to effective management in change
•      Lack of understanding or change implementation techniques
•      Inability to modify one’s management style and/or organizational functions
•       Inability to motivate others to change
•       Poor communication skills
•       Failure of management to reward or recognize individuals who make the effort to change

 Change model for making change work (Palmer, 2004)



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