Week 10 Discussion Post 10 Document

Ihavethoroughlyenjoyedthisclassandlearninghowtoinitiate

changeinanorganization.thisclasshasshownmehowimportantit

istohavestrongleadershippersonnelinchargeofchange.Thisleads

toalargegrowthinemployeesandtheorganization.Onemajor

takeawaythatIgotfromtheclassishowimportantchangecanbe

whenitaffectsemployees.Theuseofemployeesinchange

managementiscrucialinhowwellthechangescanbeimplemented.

Iworkedforanorganizationthatstartedtoimplementa

newinventorytrackingsystemthatisusedtoorder,manage,and

developshoppingpatternsbasedonthedemographic.Whenthe

companystartedtoimplementthechange,mydepartmentwasthe

initialstartandtheorganizationwantedtoseehowwellitworked.

Thisinitialstartleadstoresistancefrommyteamduetothechanges

beingdrasticandanewprocessasawhole.Myinitialthoughtwasto

startandlearnasmuchasIcouldsothatIcanassistandhelpothers

inmyareatoincorporatethenewchanges.Forthenextcoupleof

months,myteamstartedtolearntheprocessasIbecamealeaderin

thesystemandhelpeddeveloptherestofthearea.thisslow

progressionallowedourorganizationtostartandmaintainthe

systemandincorporateitintoalldepartments.Thislaterbecame

normalandwaslaterdevelopedintoamorefunctionalsystem.

ReviewingtheimpactthatIhadonmydepartmentfrom

courseexamples,IwouldsaythatIwouldn’tchangethewaythatI

wasabletoimpactthechange.IfirstlearnedthesystemsothatI

wouldbeabletohelpandinformemployeesofhowthesystem

worked.Thisledtoemployeesaskingquestionssothattheycan

learnbyexampleorexplanation.Thiswasamoraleboosteronce

theystartedtounderstandthesystemandprogressedtogetting

easierastimewenton.Ifoundthatchangemanagementismainly

abouthavingtherightpeopleforthejobinsteadofthebestsystem

inplace.Havingaleaderthatcanimprovemoraleandgain

confidencewillallowemployeestothinkoutsidetheboxand

becomemoreinvolvedintheprocess.Iwillalwaystrytoimprove

employeeconcernsandmakesuretheyaregivenadequatefeedback.