One of the earliest models for organizational change was put forth by Kurt
Lewin in the 1940s. In Lewin’s model, change is a three-step process: “unfreezing”
the current situation so that change may occur, transitioning to a new state, and
then “refreezing” the new state so that it persists. Many subsequent organizational
change models are similar to Lewin’s in depicting extended periods of relative
stability punctuated by brief times of transition.
Although this may have been Lewin’s world
Chapter Contents
- Influencing Self-Organization
- Containers, Differences, and Exchanges
- Influencing Evolution
- Select the External Environment
- Define Performance
- Manage Meaning
- Introduce Vicarious Selection Systems
- Energize the System
- There’s More to Leadership than Buying Pizza
- Additional Reading