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With reference to paper E3 Enterprise Strategy and Change Management in particular - based on your past experience in this paper would you say that we need to know all the different theories regarding dealing with change management. I know a few of the theories, ie Unfreeze, Change & Refreeze and Forcefield Analysis however there seems so many other theories and models I really cannot remember them all. Is it likely we would be asked to use one particular model in the exam? I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Good question. Bear in mind that, at the Strategic Level, most questions will be testing skills at the highest levels of the verb hierarchy. Questions of this sort seldom identify specific theories, as they are phrased in a very practical way ('analyse the problems....', 'advise the organisation...'). Such questions allow you to choose the theoretical model(s) that you feel will help. Obviously, the examiners have certain theories in mind, when writing the questions, but there is always a high degree of flexibility in the marking guides, to allow for different approaches. At this level, a practical approach (based in theory) is what is required, rather than a theoretical approach.
Anonymous wrote:
With reference to paper E3 Enterprise Strategy and Change Management in particular - based on your past experience in this paper would you say that we need to know all the different theories regarding dealing with change management. I know a few of the theories, ie Unfreeze, Change & Refreeze and Forcefield Analysis however there seems so many other theories and models I really cannot remember them all. Is it likely we would be asked to use one particular model in the exam? I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Good question. Bear in mind that, at the Strategic Level, most questions will be testing skills at the highest levels of the verb hierarchy. Questions of this sort seldom identify specific theories, as they are phrased in a very practical way ('analyse the problems....', 'advise the organisation...'). Such questions allow you to choose the theoretical model(s) that you feel will help. Obviously, the examiners have certain theories in mind, when writing the questions, but there is always a high degree of flexibility in the marking guides, to allow for different approaches. At this level, a practical approach (based in theory) is what is required, rather than a theoretical approach.
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Many Thanks for that David
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