Change Reaction

Change Reaction

Managing Individuals Responses to Organisation Change

Change can be a very uncomfortable experience even when we recognise its necessity.

Understanding our own reaction is an important first step to dealing with it. Change Reaction is an effective tool for understanding an individual’s attitude to change, and identifying ways to manage it better.

Categories: Assessments , Online Assessments

Learning Outcomes

  • Determine one’s typical response to change: Resistant, Neutral, or Supportive
  • Explore the behaviours that characterise the three responses to change
  • Identify action steps one can take to embrace and foster change.

Theory

Research indicates that organisations are in a continuous state of change and that some type of resistance is inevitable. No matter what type of reaction a person has, there is always motion in response to change:

  • Some people have a natural tendency to move toward or support change
  • Others are noncommittal and typically move away from change
  • Still others typically move against change by resisting it and creating resistance to change in others

How It Works

Using a pressure-sensitive form, individuals respond to 24 statements that describe different approaches to handling organisational change. After scoring is complete, participants chart their results by applying their data to the Change Reaction Profile. Sample profiles and interpretations of all possible reactions and combinations of reactions provide further insight.

What to order: You will need 1 Paper or Online assessment per participant. For maximum benefit, purchase 1 Facilitator Guide per trainer. 

Uses for Change Reaction

Change Reaction works well as a stand-alone instrument as well as an effective component in any change management programme.

As a management training instrument, Change Reaction may be used to present the important aspects of change theory. In addition, it can be used to raise individual consciousness about people's responses to change, to plan more effective behaviour, and to improve organisational support systems.

As an organisation development diagnostic tool, Change Reaction has multiple uses, including:

  • Surveying norms regarding change
  • Generating 'force field' analyses of the forces impacting the change process
  • Forming the basis for an educational intervention that will provide employees with information about themselves, change, and effects on the system as a whole.

 

Attribute name Attribute value
ORDERING GUIDE You will need 1 Paper or Online assessment per participant. For maximum benefit, purchase 1 Facilitator Guide per trainer.
FORMAT Paper or Online available
OBJECTIVE To identify personal response to organisational change
AUDIENCE Individuals at all levels
TIME REQUIRED 1 hour
AUTHOR John E. Jones, PhD and William L. Bearley, EdD
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Change Reaction Participant Booklet

Paper Assessment: Order One Per Participant.

The print version is ideal for facilitators who prefer to oversee scoring and administration of the assessment if you don't know who the participants will be before the class begins, or if your learners do not have easy access to computers. It includes pressure-sensitive forms for scoring to aid manual tabulation.

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Change Reaction Facilitator Set

Facilitator Guide: Order One Guide Per Trainer.

This detailed, step-by-step guide for planning and delivering a powerful learning experience gives you everything you need to facilitate a full-day workshop, including background information, assessment instructions, scripts, discussion questions, activities, and samples of the assessment. Facilitator support materials will be emailed to you as a digital download link following order despatch.

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Change Reaction Online Self-Assessment Credit

Online Assessment Option: Order One Per Participant.

The online assessment is administered to participants through the online portal (which you will be sent access to) and includes personalised reporting, full-colour charts, interpretive information, worksheets, and action planning. A detailed report is delivered electronically to the facilitator/administrator when complete. The trainer can control if the participant can access their report.

You will receive the assessment link/info via a separate email.

 

Code: CR1605
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