Business Model

Challenges in implementing changes

Changes may affect every industry and every organizational function.

In every organization, management knows about the external environment and the vision of the organization. This knowledge is the basis for developing appropriate strategies. Although challenging, this is the easier part. Nevertheless, management will only be able to successfully implement a new strategic direction, if they manage to gain the commitment of everyone within the organization. The point is to develop processes that enable all employees to learn about change and that to develop a culture of dialogue between management and workforce.

The process of change has impact on the whole organization and on all individuals working there. Change processes influence

* What the organization does

* The way the organization does things

* The way all business units of the organization communicate and share information.

In implementing changes, there are some barriers that manager need to solve such as:

Barriers of Perception:

Difficulties to identify and to analyze the core of the problem / the real cause of the problem.

Too narrow scope of the problem: Problems are approached with a one-sided view that focuses on particular aspects only.

Emotional Barriers

Risk-aversion: Fear to make mistakes or to fail.

Lack of ability to process incomplete or contradictory information

Cultural Barriers

Tradition and change: It is a challenging task to overcome traditions. This is especially true when employees do not see the relation between their traditions and an existing problem. On the other hand, traditions can be the basis for personal commitment in change processes.

These cultural barriers hinder the development and evaluation of solutions for problems in the organization. Moreover, they limit options for new approaches in change processes.

Environmental Barriers

Lack of support

Lack of ability to accept criticism

Cognitive Barriers

Lack of complete and correct information

Management skills required

A manager is someone described as a practical genius who is aware of the vision for an entire organisation or nation and can achieve various goal(s) to help reach for this vision in a practical way. Hence a manager need some specific skills to do their best at management as following:

1. People skills