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Managing organisational change

3.3 Lewin’s Force field analysis

Lewin also emphasised the importance of force field analysis. He argued that
managers should consider any change situation in terms of:

 the factors encouraging and facilitating the change (the driving forces)

 the factors that hinder change (the restraining forces).

Change will only be successful if the driving forces are larger
than the restraining forces.

Current state

Restraining forces Driving forces

The length of the arrows represents the strength of the force.

To achieve change:

weaken the restraining forces and/or strengthen the driving forces

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