Images of Managing Change
La Donna Shelton ladonnashelton@ymail.com HR 587
Michael Komos
November 7, 2011

Images of Managing Change

Introduction Change management initiative are put into place as a discipline that is applied to an assortment of organizational changes to help promote the probability of success and a return on investment. When change is implemented you will affect the way the work is done to achieve the measure of success. Impacting the functionality of the organization change management include the utilization of organizational tools that help individuals accept the realization of change. The image concepts and application to the change management initiative are important because it shows how the images we hold about how change should be managed, and what we think our role should be as manager of change, affects the way we approach change and the outcomes that we think are possible. (Palmer, Dunford, Akin, 1)

Application Analysis Marklund is an organization where I’m currently employed. The organization decided on implemented change to the organizational structure due to a budget deficit. The company hierarchy was redeveloped. All top mangers were replaced or were giving multiple titles to combine positions. The acting CEO and board members used multiple images and the images were controlling activities and shaping capable while intended and partially intended at the same time. The company align themselves with the changes times of the economy enable to ensure their market capabilities. There was a meeting held to discuss there would be some changes to help the equilibrium of the deficit but no definite way of how the it would occur. As the time progressed you heard stories of the how people were being let go and to make matters worst the CEO resigned and no one had a clue what was happening. Out came the new hierarchy so you knew