ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES

1. ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES STRATEGIC CHANGE MANAGEMENT

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

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

8. ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES CHANGE MANAGEMENT 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. ITU GENDER TRAINING RESOURCES CHANGE MANAGEMENT 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.