A Reflection on Managing Organisational and Personal Change and it s Implications for Organisational Practice 11005385
A Reflection on Managing Organisational and Personal Change and it’s Implications for Organisational Practice
MOIC Assessment
11005385
January 2015
Table of Contents
Personal experience of change 2-5
Organisational experience of change 6-9
Reflection 10
Personal Experience of Change
From my early teenage years I became increasingly interested in a career in Journalism, thus, after completing my A –Levels and a lengthy UCAS process I was offered a place at UWE to study Journalism.
My personal experience of change happened soon after moving to Bristol, and a few weeks into my university course I became disinterested – realising that my expectations of what a degree in Journalism would entail, actually couldn’t be further from reality. After several months of coasting, I decided to put university on hold for the rest of the year, and after working in retail for 6 months went back to UWE as a Business student.
There is a growing body of literature that recognises the importance of individual change; Cameron and Green (2009) suggest there are four key approaches to change, in this assignment my personal experience of change will be considered from a psychodynamic point of view, which is based upon behaviourist and cognitive (feelings) theories. This perspective will allow me to pin point exactly what was going on; following a psychological process, “looking beneath the surface and uncovering thoughts and feelings” (Cameron and Green, 2012).
Kubler-Ross (1969) Change curve, traces the development of self-esteem over a period of time when a change is occurring. This model will form the basis of my analysis, however the aspects of bargaining and anger will not be discussed, as I did not feel I experienced these. I can identify with the feelings of denial, depression and also acceptance, Figure 1 below demonstrates the different stages. I will also encorporate literature from other esteemed researchers such as Menninger, Satir and Adam, Hayes
MOIC Assessment
11005385
January 2015
Table of Contents
Personal experience of change 2-5
Organisational experience of change 6-9
Reflection 10
Personal Experience of Change
From my early teenage years I became increasingly interested in a career in Journalism, thus, after completing my A –Levels and a lengthy UCAS process I was offered a place at UWE to study Journalism.
My personal experience of change happened soon after moving to Bristol, and a few weeks into my university course I became disinterested – realising that my expectations of what a degree in Journalism would entail, actually couldn’t be further from reality. After several months of coasting, I decided to put university on hold for the rest of the year, and after working in retail for 6 months went back to UWE as a Business student.
There is a growing body of literature that recognises the importance of individual change; Cameron and Green (2009) suggest there are four key approaches to change, in this assignment my personal experience of change will be considered from a psychodynamic point of view, which is based upon behaviourist and cognitive (feelings) theories. This perspective will allow me to pin point exactly what was going on; following a psychological process, “looking beneath the surface and uncovering thoughts and feelings” (Cameron and Green, 2012).
Kubler-Ross (1969) Change curve, traces the development of self-esteem over a period of time when a change is occurring. This model will form the basis of my analysis, however the aspects of bargaining and anger will not be discussed, as I did not feel I experienced these. I can identify with the feelings of denial, depression and also acceptance, Figure 1 below demonstrates the different stages. I will also encorporate literature from other esteemed researchers such as Menninger, Satir and Adam, Hayes
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