Phased Change or Big Bang Change - Change Management Q&A

08 September 2008

Forum

Welcome to our Forum. The forum is open to all registered users, to share, discuss and collaborate with each other.

To start a discussion, click on the category that is most relevant to your discussion topic. A list of all the discussion threads pertaining to the selected category will appear. Click on the "New Thread" link found at the top of the forum module. Enter the title of your discussion thread in the "Subject" field. Enter the content of your discussion in the text box. If you would like to be notified by e-mail whenever someone responds to one of your topics, make sure that the "Notification" check box is checked. Click the "Update" link found at the bottom of the page, to post your discussion thread in the forum.

To take part in a discussion, select a category. Select the desired discussion thread that you would like to take part in. Click on the "Reply" button. Enter your response in the text box, and click on the "Update" link found at the bottom of the page.

Cannot find the "New Thread" link or the "Reply" button? Please make sure that you are registered and logged in.

Change Management Forum Discussions Change Manageme... Phased Change or Big Bang Change

2008/03/06 08:40 nm

	Katrina O'Leary
1 posts

Phased Change or Big Bang Change (N/A)

So what do you think works best...? Phasing a number of changes so as not to overwhelm (with the risk of dragging out the process) or planning all changes so that they are over and done with as soon as possible (and getting back to normality sooner rather than later).

2008/03/07 05:23

	Holger
5 posts

Re: Phased Change or Big Bang Change (Germany)

Dear Katrina,

I fear there is no one answer to your question - like always in Change Management. You have basically described the risks of both approaches. At the end, I believe on what the procss demands: If there is a need for the Big Bang (because the organization is in a deep crisis, because the company needs to entirely reorient, etc.), you might go for the big change. But do your homework first. What is really required? Can we initiate a big change by implementing small steps? What about the changeability? How is the need for change felt on different levels of the organization? Have a look at Ralph Stacey's certainty/agreement matrix.

Also have a look at the following process framework:

Process Framework.gif