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Beauty Spa: 6Th Presentation
Beauty Spa: 6Th Presentation
Beauty Spa: 6Th Presentation
BEAUTY SPA
OB09 6TH PRESENTATION
Learning Outcomes
• Providing sales data to show that business has been declining over the
years despite loyal customers.
Decrease in customers is a sign of them becoming more sophisticated
and going to other salons for services.
Salon could possibly go out of business and staff might lose their jobs.
• Asking staff to visit competitors to see the services these salons provide
so that they are more aware of their business environment.
New technologies and services are available from competitors need
to keep up to remain relevant.
Customers have higher expectations need to meet these to attract
new customer Teams such as teenagers or men and retain old ones.
Unfreeze - Strengthen Driving
Forces
o To get staff committed to revamp of services, Yvonne needs to
communicate why these changes are needed immediately (i.e.
urgency for change) by:
• Sharing with staff frequently on her vision for the salon (with them as
part of this vision).
New technologies or services + professional service processes image
of salon improved amongst potential new customers better business
better salary and bonuses for staff.
Spread her excitement about rosy future for the salon to the staff get
them to feel more positive about the outcome of the changes.
Common Sources of Resistance
Involvement
Stress Mgt
Negotiation
Coercion
Strategies to Weaken Resistance
Stress Mgt
Negotiation
Coercion
Strategies to Weaken Resistance
Communication
• Employees participate in change process
Learning • Helps saving face and reducing fear of
unknown
• Includes task forces, future search events
Involvement • Problems -- time-consuming, may lead to
poor decisions or conflict if staff interests
are not compatible with organisation’s.
Stress Mgt
Negotiation
Coercion
Strategies to Weaken Resistance
Communication
• When communication, learning, and
Learning involvement are not enough to minimise
stress
• Potential benefits:
Involvement • More motivation to change
• Less fear of unknown
Stress Mgt • Fewer direct costs
• Problems -- time-consuming, expensive,
doesn’t help everyone
Negotiation
Coercion
Strategies to Weaken Resistance
Communication
Learning
• Influence by exchange -- reduces direct
costs
Involvement • May be necessary when people clearly
lose something and won’t otherwise
support change
Stress Mgt
• Problems
• Expensive
Negotiation • Gains compliance, not commitment
Coercion
Strategies to Weaken Resistance
Communication
Learning
Involvement
• Reducing work
Neglect effort/quality
• Increasing absenteeism
Concept Diagram
Sources Strategies
Communication
Learning
Change
Involvement
Restraining
Forces Stress Mgt
Negotiation
Coercion
Driving
Communicate urgency for change
Forces
Reinforce Change
References
Textbooks
Website
• Force Field Analysis. (2014). Retrieved Mar 28, 2014 from the Accel-Team
website: http://www.accel-team.com/techniques/force_field_analysis.html.
• Force Field Analysis. (2014). Retrieved Mar 28, 2014 from the Mind Tools website:
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_06.htm.
After Class Activities
End-of-Week Activity
• Review the 6th Presentation slides.
• Read the materials given in the Resources (compulsory
reading).