The first stage is the Unfreezing stage.
CHANGE THEORY Before you can cook a meal that has
Change Theory or the Change Model is been frozen, you need to defrost or thaw it
proposed by Kurt Lewin. He is known as the out. The same can be said of change. Before
Father of Modern Social Psychology. He also a change can be implemented, it must go
published the book titled “A Dynamic Theory of through the initial step of unfreezing.
Personality”. He was a professor and a known Unfreezing is the process which
researcher as well but died of an early age involves finding a method of making it
because of heart attack. possible for people to let go of an old pattern
Lewin’ theorized a three-staged mode, the that was counterproductive in some way.
unfreezing-change-refreeze model that needs This helps to overcome the strains
prior learning to be rejected and replaced. He of individual resistance and group
defined behavior as “a dynamic balance of conformity.
forces working in different directions”.
Unfreezing can be achieved by the
For the Concepts of the Theory, use of these different methods.
We have the Driving Concepts.
First, increase the driving
These are forces that push in a direction that forces that direct behavior
causes change to occur. away from the existing
This also facilitate change because they push situation.
the person in the desired direction. Second, decrease the
They cause a shift in the equilibrium restraining forces that
towards change. negatively affect the
For the short skit that was played, it was seen movement from the existing
that Jherald was driven by the news about the equilibrium.
killings that occurs. This pushed him to consider Third, find a combination of
stopping what he had been doing for a long time. the two methods.
We also have Restraining Forces. For Jherald’s unfreezing, he wanted to
stop the usage
These counter the driving forces.
This hinder the change as they push the The next stage is the Change stage or the
direction to the opposite way. Movement stage.
It causes a shift in equilibrium which Now that the people are 'unfrozen'
opposes change. they can begin to move. Lewin
Last concept but not the least, Equilibrium recognized that change is a process
where the organization must transition
Equilibrium is a state of being where driving or move into this new state of being.
forces equal restraining forces and no This changing step, also referred to as
change occurs. 'transitioning' or 'moving,' is marked by
This can be raised or lowered by changes the implementation of the change.
that occur between the driving and
restraining forces. This stage involves a process of
change in thoughts, feeling, behavior, or
Let’s go to the Stages of Lewin’s Change all three, that is in some way more
Theory liberating or more productive.
The last stage of the model is the
Refreezing stage.
Lewin called the final stage of his
change model freezing, but many refer
to it as refreezing to symbolize the act
of reinforcing, stabilizing and
solidifying the new state after the
change.
Refreezing is establishing the
change as a new habit, so that it now
becomes the “standard operating
procedure.”
Without this stage of refreezing, it is
easy to go back to the old ways.
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