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Methods of promoting change

Three methods are available for promoting organizational change: interpersonal, team, and organizational. The interpersonal method focuses on changing employees' behaviors so that they can become more effective performers. 
 
This usually involves some use of survey feedback. As the name suggests, the team method focuses on ways to improve the performance of entire teams, and team-building activities are its foundation. The organizational method is aimed at changing the organization's structure, reward system, level at which decisions are made, and the like.


The performance impact drops as the team moves from a working group to a potential team. Then the team moves from a potential team, to a real team, and finally to a high-performance team. The performance impact increases for each of these steps (as does the team effectiveness)