Change Implementation LO12355

rich jones (rjones@pathcom.com)
Tue, 04 Feb 1997 11:17:10 -0500

Hi folks,

I'm hoping you can help me here. I live in Toronto, and our provincial
government has just announced massive changes to the structure of
municipal government here - amalgamating 6 cities into one, downloading
responsibility for welfare and many other social programs to the municipal
level from the provincial, and uploading education to the provincial
level, to name 3 - and all of this to be implemented within a one month
time period. It strikes me that this is a huge amount of change being
force-fed rather quickly, with little time for input or debate. I'd like
to address this at the public hearings. Here's what I would like, if
anyone can help me, in no particular order of importance:

1. experiences you have had in a business context with effective
implementation of change initiatives
2. suggestions of current literature on how to institute change
effectively within organizations
3. psychological reference material related to human reactions to
forced change, and how to mitigate those
4. examples of effective leadership in bringing about change
5. anything else you think may apply and be helpful

I ask this list because this particular government espouses business
common sense, and yet IMO cuts across effective business practices all the
time.

This has become an extremely polarized issue very quickly, with one side
ramming their legislation through, and the other digging in their heels in
total resistance and anger. Any thoughts you have on this human tendency
would also be useful.

I trust this is clear enough for you to respond to. My apologies if it's
overly simplified or obtuse. Please write to me personally with
suggestions/questions, unless you feel your responses are valuable to the
list.

And thank you!!

Warmly

Rich Jones

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