Creating Sustainable Change – How to create and sustain change?
February 12, 2025
Once an organization decides to go for Enterprise Risk Management, the challenge is the implementation. At the ground level there are lots of considerations in successful implementation of the same. These considerations vary with the organizations; however the following more or less remain the same: ERM Champion: First and foremost, considering the challenges an individual […]
Negotiation is a technique employed to avoid conflicts and decide something which would benefit all. Individuals negotiate with each other and try to reach to a solution satisfying all. Negotiation is not possible unless and until individuals learn to compromise to some extent and stop finding faults in each other. Professionals must know how to […]
Crisis refer to unplanned events which cause harm to the organization and lead to disturbances and major unrest amongst the employees. Crisis gives rise to a feeling of fear and threat in the individuals who eventually lose interest and trust in the organization. Crisis Management Model Gonzalez-Herrero and Pratt proposed a Crisis Management Model which […]
Managers need to interact with each other as well as with their team members on a regular basis not only to get things done effectively but also to ensure peace at the workplace. Effective communication at all levels within an organization helps resolve problems within the desired time frame. Let us go through various barriers […]
One of the big ideas being bandied about in recent times is the interaction of strategy, leadership, and the soul of organizations which when they work in tandem can create exceptional leaders in the 21st century business landscape. This is the premise of the book by Sertl and Huberman who have theorized that for leaders […]
Action Research is a useful method for facilitating organizational change by collaborating and involving the client in the entire process of diagnostic, problem identification, experiential learning, and problem-solving process.
The entire process of action research is action oriented with the objective of making the change happen successfully. The process equally involves experimentation with the various frameworks in practical situation and application of various theories in various contexts which require change.
In other words, the process of Action Research requires three distinctive stages which are consistent with the Lewin’s Model which describes the three stages of change.
The most commonly used model of action research which is used in the contemporary scenario is Warner Burke’s 7 Step Action Research Model. These 7 steps are Stage of Entry, Contracting, Data Collection, Providing Feedback, Strategic Planning, Planning & Designing Interventions and Evaluating the success of Interventions.
They involve the top management professionals as well as the stakeholders in the process, as without their consent and involvement the objectives of change implementation cannot be achieved.
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