One of the things that a manager has to do before approaching the employees regarding the news that the upper management has decided to downsize his or her department; he or she have to find out the reason for the downsize and why? Once the manager has the answers, then he or she will figure a way to communicate with his or her employees about the change. It is not easy to mold the employees into accepting the changes that the upper management has issued, and there lies the challenge that a manager has to deal with. Before going into explaining ways that a manager will implement change, to include figuring out a way to motivate the employees through the change, it is best to explain first hand just what an organizational change is and the necessity of it.
Many have sought to explain the fundamentals of change, how to manage change, and why change is so difficult to achieve. In spite of numerous theories, models, and multistep approaches, organizational leaders lack a clear understanding of, or ability to engage, the steps necessary to implement change successfully (Armenakis & Harris, 2002). Research suggests that the problem is limited understanding of change implementation techniques and inability to modify one’s management style. Organizational change simply means a form of transformation or alteration of major sections within an organization. The necessity of change within any organization is to improve its performance. Understanding organizational change involves examining types of change within firms. No matter its size, any change has a ripple effect on a firm (Miles, 2001). With that said, managing the complexities of change challenges leaders at all levels of an organization (Biech, 2007).
A manager has to research just how the change that the upper level management has require him or her to conduct will affect the livelihood of his or her employees