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Home » Business And Finance Articles » 7 Essential Elements To Every Organizational Change

7 Essential Elements To Every Organizational Change

[This article is based on excerpts from the special report "Overcoming Resistance to Change" by Dr. Mike Beitler.]

Senior management often creates a plan for implementing an organizational change while completely ignoring the following elements necessary for every organizational change. Without these elements the attempted changes will always create a large amount of resistance. Change leaders and facilitators beware!

1. Involve the people who will be affecting (and affected by) the change. (No buy-in from these folks guarantees resistance.)

Involve organizational members in change planning. Get their input. Workers can anticipate many of the potential problems the organization will face when attempting to implement the change. Even if the workers do not agree with the change decision, they will appreciate being part of the decision-making process. Employee buy-in is necessary to avoid high levels of resistance.

2. Communicate a good reason (one that is relevant and strategy-driven) for the change. (Busy people will resist changes that they see as irrelevant.)

Have a good reason for making the change. In today's world everybody's busy. If employees don't see a reason for the change they won't get on-board. Show employees how the change is relevant to the organization's success... and their own.

3. Designate a champion for the change. (It is critical to have a respected person in charge of the change process.)

Put a respected person in charge of the change intervention. A senior executive or the owner of the business does not have to be the "champion" of every change. In fact, it might be better to find somebody the workers can relate to. A respected co-worker may be the ideal leader for a particular change. Look for a natural leader who has already bought-in to the change.

4. Create a transition management team. (No one individual is charismatic or talented enough to implement an organizational change.)

If your organization is large enough to have many departments or teams, a transition management team offers many advantages. This team can function as a community of practice, providing both ideas and emotional support. Simply pick a change leader from each department, and then encourage regular meetings. Be sure to support the transition management team with organizational resources (time and/or money).

Well, I'm running out of space in this article. I hope you find these elements to be helpful. I reveal the other 3 essential elements to change and much more in my special report, "Overcoming Resistance to Change."

And here is another random article you might be interested in...

Secure Method of Communication

Introduction...

In today's business world, your business competitors will often try and get an edge over you by any means possible.This includes attempts at intercepting your sensitive business communications.

This is why it is highly recommended all companies, including yours, buy secure communication equipment for sensitive business communications.

The problem...

But what happens when you're out of the office, you don't have your secure equipment with you , and yet you still urgently need to communicate sensitive information with a colleague...?

The solution...

The solution is having an alternative method of communicating securely by encoding your messages. This system is called the one-time pad and is absolutely impossible to crack. Even the biggest supercomputer of any one spy agency would not be able to accomplish this feat.

The only things required are a pen and a paper. Once encoded, you may send your messages by mail, email, or even by phone.

Let's get started.

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THE ONE-TIME PADE METHOD

Step 1: Create the key...

The critical component of this system is the random key. A key is a series of numbers that is used to take your original message (the plaintext) and turn it into a coded message (the ciphertext).

Before creating a random key, you need a way to convert alphabet characters into numbers.

Make a conversion table by taking a sheet of paper and writing letters and numbers as follow:

A   B C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R 
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 
S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z 
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

You are now ready to create a key. First, write down a series of random alphabet characters, such as RTISEWVZQYHKOPBU.

Break this long string of letters into blocks of two characters each, as follow:

RT IS EW VZ QY HK OP BU

Using the conversion table we've created above, convert the characters into numbers. For example R=18 and T=20, so the first block HL becomes 1820. The result is 1820 0919 0523 2226 1725 0811 1516 0221 You have now created your first key. (Make sure to create a key much longer than this so that you can send several messages before the key is used up.)

As you will use the block of numbers to encode your messages, you will cross out each block you have used as to not use it more than once. (To simulate the crossing out of a block i will gray the blocks as follow: 1820 0919 0523 2226 1725 0811 1516 0221 )

Create two copies of your key. One for you and the other for the recipient of your messages.

Step 2: Format your message...

Let's use an example.

If the message you want to encrypt is ACCEPT IT, you format this text message into blocks of two characters each, yielding AC CE PT IT.

Next, convert the letters into numbers by using the conversion table above. In this example, A=01, C=03, so the first block would be 0103. The entire string becomes 0103 0305 1620 0920.

Rules...

Rule 1- Numbers. Spell out numbers in full in your plaintext. For example, 123 becomes ONE TWO THREE

Rule 2-The Period. Use an X for each period in your plaintext. For example, GOT YOUR MESSAGEX APPROVE TRANSACTIONX.

Rule 3-End of message. Add XX at the end of your plaintext message for termination. Spies would add several bogus characters after the XX to make it even more difficult for code breakers(those who tries to decode secret messages) by making them try to decode those meaningless characters after the XX.

Step 3: Encode your message... We need a way to tell the recipient where the key begins, otherwise he won't be able to decode the message.

Remember in our earlier example, we created a key and stroked off (in gray) the blocks we'd already used.Here's what our key looked like. 1820 0919 0523 2226 1725 0811 1516 0221

The starting position in the key is at block 0919. So we will place the string 0919 at the beginning of our message so the recipient will know how to decode.

The plaintext message of 0103 0305 1620 0920 becomes 0919 0103 0305 1620 0920 because we place the pointer 0919 at the beginning of the string. We are now ready to encode our message.

First we write out the plaintext. Directly below it we write out the key. Then we add the key to the plaintext using Fibonicci addition. This means we do no carrying. For example, 9 + 2 would yield 1 not 11. And 7 plus 6 would yield 3 not 13. Here's how the agent's working sheet would look.

Plaintext 0919 0103 0305 1620 0920   
Key         -- 0523 2226 1725 0811   
Ciphertext0919 0626 2521 2345 0731   

The encoded message is ready to be sent to the intended recipient. You now have a message that can absolutely not be cracked by anyone but the intended recipient.

Decoding the message...

To decode a message, simply reverse the calculations. Subtract the key from the ciphertext using Fibonicci subtraction. This means we allow no negative numbers. We add 10 if required. For example, 1 - 9 would yield 2 (because we add 10 so that we're able to subtract 9 from 11). The first block in the ciphertext tells our intended recipient where to start in the key. Here's what the recipient's working sheet looks like.

Ciphertext 0919 0626 2521 2345 0731   
Key        0919 0523 2226 1725 0811   
Plaintext    -- 0103 0305 1620 0920   

Here's how we subtract 0523 from 0626.
The first column is 0 - 0 = 0.
The second column is 6 - 5 = 1.
The third column is 2 - 2 = 0.
The fourth column is 6 - 3 = 3.
(If your substraction look something like this: 1 - 6, it gives 1-6 = 5 because 11 - 6 = 5.)

By using the conversion tablet described earlier, the recipient converts the string of numbers back into alphabet characters. In this example, 01=A and 03=C, so the first block 0103 converts to AC. The string 0103 0305 1620 0920 becomes AC CE PT IT. The receiver reformats it to become ACCEPT IT.

Security measures...

If your key is kept to yourself and the intended recipient, and no one else ever gets access to it, this system is 100% secure. No one will ever break the code. Period.

But you need to be careful about security. Strong key security...means you must conceal your key in a location where you'll know if it's been tampered with. Usually this means carrying it on yourself at all times. Good disposal security...means shredding and/or burning your messages and the keys when you are done with it. One time and one time only...means you don't use a key more than once. Ever.

When used correctly, this system will enable you to share even the most sensitive pieces of information with your colleagues over unsecured channels of communications such as mail, email and even by phone.

Test your skills... To verify your new skills, try to decode the cyphertext by using the key below.

the key: 0418 4678 1223 4104 0804 0123 6212 8840 7013

the ciphertext:4104 1129 1028 6520 8360 8338

Remember that the first four-digit group in the ciphertext is a pointer indicating where to begin in the key.

Max Penn
http://www.spy-equipment-buying-guide.com