3SCO – Supporting Change within Organisations Introduction to E.ON
E.ON UK is a leading energy company and is amongst the big 6 energy suppliers. It was established in 2002 through the acquisition of Powergen and now has the second largest electricity generator in the UK and owns the second largest distribution network in the UK. E.ON UK employs over 10,800 staff and has 97 sites including customer contact centres, offices, wind farms, technology centres, training academies and power stations. E.ON UK is part of E.ON who is the world’s largest investor-owned energy service provider, where its headquarters are based in Germany. E.ON UK has over 8 million customers and has a vision to be our customers’ trusted energy partner.
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This may have been because it was such a transformative change, whereas smaller changes would perhaps be approached by ‘consulting’ or even ‘joining’.

The CIPD (2010) states that the three essential aspects of successful change are “leadership, people and planning”. It is essential that any approach to change considers and incorporates these three elements. Communication is another vitally important aspect in managing change as employees should know what is happening and, more importantly, why it is happening. This links to ‘Unfreezing’ in Lewin’s (1951, cited in Leatherbarrow et al, 2010) Three-Phase Model of Change; If employees understand the reason for change, they are likely to have a more open mind with regards to accepting it.

When discussing different approaches to change the CIPD (2014) states that “organisational forms are themselves evolving. Therefore, the change management response will have to be adaptive”. Therefore highlighting that the approach taken to change management needs to be modified as appropriate to the organisation and the change that is occurring.

Behavioural responses to change
Although each person’s reaction will vary, it is useful to refer to Kubler-Ross’ (1960, cited in Martin et al, 2010, p313) Change Curve when looking at employees behavioural reactions to change.
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