Images

In this paper I will discuss the different images of managing change. I will identify the different roles of the Change Manager such as: Director, Nurturer, Caretaker, Coach, Navigator, and Nurturer that takes place in the organization that I work at.  
Chapter two of ‘images of managing change’ {“Managing Organizational Change”} Palmer describes how every manager is identified into six images. Some of the objectives I learned about this chapter were, “the importance of organizational images, and six different images of managing changes”. Images of managing change provide vision and direction for managers to think about their role in managing organizational change. It is a ‘conceptual tool’ that helps one identify their relationship to the organization and how they should act to achieve the results they desire (Palmer & Dunford 2008). These six images have clearly shown me the whole spectrum of organizational change management behaviors and attitudes. I also saw how these six images are in my organization and how each one is applied at CompuCom.   Three years ago change of management came to the New York region area of dispatches of CompuCom, which unfortunately has not gone smoothly. The manager needed to identify the problem of the company as why it is not doing so good and not make assumptions., Applying the importance of images   purposefully adopts an image of change in the communication of CompuCom.
Looking at the situation there is bad management and no type of communication within my organization. Change needs to start with our manager. He wants to bring success to our NYC region, but it has not worked at all since we have not had any rewards from our reviews for the past three years. That’s why the members of the organization behave in a I don’t care attitude. Yet again the manager is trying to improve the company, but he has not looked for solutions to specific problems, to improving the organization’s effectiveness. This issue clearly outlines that... [continues]

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