Organizational Change in Criminal Justice

These flashcards cover key concepts and definitions related to organizational change within the criminal justice system.

What is the unfreeze-move-freeze model in organizational change?

It is a framework that describes the process of initiating change by unfreezing current behaviors, moving to new behaviors, and then refreezing to stabilize the new state.

What are the two categories of organizational change?

Evolutionary Change (incremental and gradual) and Revolutionary Change (abrupt).

What are the motors of organizational change?

Theories or mechanisms that describe how organizational changes are produced, including understanding the processes, common impediments, and viable solutions for successfully promoting change.

What are the types of planned change in organizational change?

Planned change and conflictive change, alongside life cycle change and evolution.

What are impediments to organizational change?

Forces that resist change, known as restraining forces, which include barriers to understanding, acceptance, and action.

What strategies can be used to counteract resistance to change?

Educate and train members, socialize them into new practices, modify reward systems, and involve a wider range of employees in decision-making.