KURT LEWIN

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CHANGE THEORY

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KURT LEWIN

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• Considered as father of social psychology

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• He was born in Germany. Later emigrated to the US

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• He is well known for his writings on group dynamics, group therapy and social psychology

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KURT LEWIN

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• Introduced his field theory concepts, emphasizing that the group differs from the simple sum of its parts

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KURT LEWIN

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• Lewis coined the term group dynamics in 1939

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• He states that one’s behavior is related both to one’s personal characteristics and to the social situations in which one finds oneself

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KURT LEWIN

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• States that to begin the change management process, you must begin by creating awareness and understanding why the change must take place

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KURT LEWIN

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1. Unfreezing
2. Changing or Movement or Transition
3. Refreezing

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STAGES OF CHANGE THEORY

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process which involves finding a method of making it possible for people to let go of an old pattern that was counter- productive in some ways

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1. Unfreezing

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• Reducing the forces that are striving to maintain the status quo and dismantling the current mindset

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1. Unfreezing

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• By presenting a provocative problem or event to get people to recognize the need for change and to search for new solutions

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1. Unfreezing

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involves a process of change in thoughts, feelings, behavior or all three that is in some way more productive through organizational structure and development techniques

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2. Changing or Movement or Transition

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establishing the change as the new habit so that it now becomes the “standard operating procedure”

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3. Refreezing

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• Without this stage of refreezing it is easy to go back to the old ways

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3. Refreezing