Force Field Analysis

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Select an issue that has been a concern or problem for students on your campus or employees at your work site and develop a force-field analysis of the situation, suggestion a possible change solution. As an example, this could be an issue concerning classes, enrollment, health, safety, management style of the organization, or dealing with coworkers. The main requirements are that this should be an issue that is important to you, and be one that has been raised before, but never adequately resolved.

Write a 200-250 word paper addressing the following questions:

  1. What is the current situation? Why is it a problem?
  2. What is your ideal situation, that is, what would you like things to be like?
  3. What are the forces for change, that is, what forces could lead to your ideal situation?
  4. What are the forces against change, that is, the forces preventing change?
  5. For the forces you listed in questions 3 and 4, evaluate each one in terms of importance to this situation. Rate each force on a scale from 1-10, with a 10 rating for any force that is extremely strong, and a 1 rating for any force that is extremely weak.
  6. For the situation you have selected, take the most important forces from Step 5, and construct a figure similar to Figure 14-2.
  7. Looking at your figure, which side has the stronger forces? What does this suggest about the likelihood of change in this situation?
  8. Suppose the forces against change are stronger than the forces for change. To change this situation, you need to either increase the forces for change, or decrease the forces against change. What specific recommendations would you make that you or others could do to increase the likelihood that a positive change will occur in this situation?

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Role Definition When Appropriate Advocate Highly directive role in which the change When client is not sure of the approach agent tries to influence the client to use to take and needs a lot of direction a certain approach Technical Specialist Provides specific technical knowledge When client seeks direction on a special on special problems problem Trainer or Educator Provides information about OD or differ- When client needs training in some ent intervention strategies aspect of OD Collaborator in Provides assistance in problem analysis, When client needs assistance in decision Problem Solving identifying solutions, and action steps making Alternative Same as above, but does not collaborate When client needs assistance in develop- Identifier ing a decision making process Fact Finder Serves as a research or data collector When client needs are very specific Process Specialist Facilitates meetings and group processes When client's needs are for process consultation Reflector Helps client to understand situation by When client is not sure of the data and reacting to information seeks clarification SOURCE: From Burke, W. W. (1987). Organization development (pp. 148–148). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
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Force Field Analysis
Over the years, employees at my place of work have advocated for the introduction of a
Flextime program. Flextime is a program that would allow employees to choose their starting
and ending times as long as they are at work during a specified core period. The program would
be implemented in a manner that it does not reduce the total number of hours worked while
ensuring all functions at the place of work are sufficiently covered. The forc...


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