1. ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES
STRATEGIC CHANGE
MANAGEMENT

2. BACKGROUND ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES
Organizations must incorporate new values and attitudes.
There is more critical need to activate gender equality in strategic envisioning.
Organizations must be responsive to socio-political and economic changes.
Gender equality and diversity are two key features of globalization.

3. CHANGE PROCESS - HANDOUT 3 Adapted from Kurt Lewin’s Model
ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES
CHANGE PROCESS
Unfreeze
Stability
Refreeze
Unfreezing/Change
CHANGE PROCESS - HANDOUT 3
Adapted from Kurt Lewin’s Model
Chaos
Unpredictability
No control
Confusing
Loss-Attachment
Desired Situation
Undesired Situation

4. CHANGE PROCESS ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES Model Insights:
Shows that all problems have social consequences.
Discovers what is really there.
Shows that there are unsolved problems.
Provides insight into inner/outer experiences.
Fosters collaboration/community building.

5. CHANGE PROCESS ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES THE MODEL
First stage represents the status quo which is unfreeze.
Second stage attempts to install the change.
Third stage is refreezing desired change.

6. ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES
GENDER MAINSTREAMING STRATEGY
It is a globally accepted strategy for promoting gender equality.
It is NOT an end, but a means.
It ensures that gender perspectives are central to all activities.

7. Intersection of System Dynamics on Change Management – HANDOUT 6
ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Gender/
Ethnicity
Boundaries
Role
Task
Intersection of System Dynamics on Change Management – HANDOUT 6
Conscious
Unconscious
© ECG 2003

8. CHANGE MANAGEMENT ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES Model Insights:
Gender is constructed in intergroup reality that is inherently conflicting.
There is a complexity from having to choose between the old and the new.
Gender inequality manifests on both conscious and unconscious levels.

9. CHANGE MANAGEMENT ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES The Elements:
Boundaries – time, task, territory, role, responsibility, resources and structure.
Role – manner in which leadership, followership and delegation are organized around a task.
Task – the work of the individual or group.
Gender/Ethnicity – informal roles which also affect authorization into formal roles.