Business A-Level
Lewin's three stages
What Lewin's three stages means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Lewin's three stages
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The sequence of unfreeze, change and refreeze, where new behaviour is locked in through appraisal, training and recruitment.
Topics that use Lewin's three stages
- Managing organisational culture (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- founder values
- labour turnover
- national culture
- ownership and time horizon
- resistance to change
- reward systems
- Handy's four cultures
- person culture
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