Companies are changing, be prepared

Overview

Change can be disruptive, but adapting to change can open up new possibilities. A changing work situation can create a period of uncertainty as you adjust. A clear understanding of organizational change can help you build resilience and flexibility. In this course, you will learn what can trigger organizational change. You will explore the common responses to change and the stages of reaction to change that people go through when faced with organizational change. You will learn why it is important to be resilient when adapting to change and how to prepare to make the most of it.

Objectives

• Recognize the benefits of accepting organizational change
• Distinguish between examples of internal and external triggers of organizational change
• Match types of organizational change to appropriate examples
• Match common reactions to change with appropriate examples of people with those reactions
• Successive organization of steps reaction to change
• Determining how organizational change will affect an employee over time, given a person’s initial reaction
• Recognizing the importance of learning how to prepare for change
• Using strategies to prepare for organizational change