Manufacturing Change at GM An appraisal of Kurt...

Introduction Bringing about change in an organization is an extremely difficult task especially if it is at every level in the organization. Various methods and models of change have been formulated of which one of the most important method being Kurt Lewin’s 3-step model of change. Organizations change continually whether or not the people in the organization want the change to happen. In some cases the change may be planned while in some other the change will be unplanned (Kuriger, 2004). Bringing about change in an organization is not easy as there are many agents that can resist the process of change. Whenever the management tries to bring about a change in the organization as part of restructuring in the organization, one of the†¦show more content†¦Change Change is the stage of implementation where the various activities associated with change happen. The process of change starts when people in the organization have opened up their minds to bring about certain change initiatives (Burke et. al, 2008). When one person in the organization takes steps to bring about change it will spread to other part of the organization as well. In the change process there will be steps taken to build up the strength and motivation of the employees. Also the change agents will try to inculcate new behavior, attitude, model of work etc. that best suit the requirement of change. Most of the time people are afraid as there is little uncertainty in what was going to happen. At this stage employees will have to take up new responsibilities and tasks different from what they have been doing till now (Barling Cooper, 2008). In the case of GM plant the plant manager brought about the most important change by taking up the responsibility of the plant. Before, the plant was monitored by various managers like production manager, control manager, maintenance manager, manager associated with quality etc. who reported individually to the main office. This resulted in lack of co-ordination and control which were later on solved and then the plant was run according to the plant manager’s idea and total