CHANGE URGENCY

Oleh:

ASEP SUHENDAR

NIM. M2A2073

SMP N 3 Langkaplancar

http://asepsuhendar.orgfree.com/

 

My workplace organization is a school (SMP). Generally, the goal of learning and teaching activity in a school is “to yield human beings who have excellent knowledge, attitude, and psychomotor”. Government translates these goals as: “the school must be able to be a education institution that yield human beings who have excellent quality so they are able to and proactive reply the epoch challenge that always change” (in vision of National Education).

 

The School Base Management concept directs each school as an organization that have self autonomy, so each school have self vision which support the vision of National Education. However, my workplace school has vision: “To be SMP that able to yield students who have strong faith ness, excellent character, and wealth of achievement”.

 

CASES

We able to know what things need to be changed urgency if we know the critical problems that resist the goals achievement process, firstly. The critical problems that I can see in my workplace organization are:

-         Too many tasks which be finished slowly (out of time) because of the weakness in computer literacy of personnel. This situation implies in stacking many tasks on one/some person (who have computer skill).

Below are facts (appropriate data) which indicate this problem:

o       The vice head master in curriculum area had not been replaced by other person for more than 10 years (1996 until 2006). Too many tasks that use computer as media were the principal reason for this situation.

o       The same person (the vice head master in curriculum area) frequently did tasks which out of his job area if the tasks have to use computer as media.

o       There is less of using media information technology in teaching process whereas some media available.

-         There is hard to accept something new (less of ability work in a dynamics environment).

-         There is less of motivation to go forward and change.

 

ANALYSIS

Based of the critical problems above I suggest that the agent need to be changed urgency is the people, whereas other change agents (structure, product, technology) have to be changed later.

 

The change of the people in my workplace organization (school) is the change in:

·        Attitudes; Personals have less of attention and reaction to technology progress.

·        Expectations; Current personals expectation is the learning and teaching activity carried out. The expectation must be changed become increasing quality and achievement along with the epoch progress.

·        Perceptions; The perception that computer skill needed only by some person/staff must be changed become perception that computer skill have to owned by every personnel in school.

·        Behavior; Static behavior must be changed become dynamics, flexible, and adaptable behavior.

 

RECOMMENDATION

To execute the above change is needed the following process:

Phase 1: Unfreezing

The best courses of actions for this phase are:

•         Prepare situation for the change by way of study of consideration with institutions/schools that have used widely computer media and information technology in their organization activities, especially in teaching and learning activity at school.

•         This activity may be able to change attitude, expectation, and perception of personnel about taking benefit computer media, and information technology in their activities.

 

Phase 2: Changing

The best courses of actions for this phase are:

The school encourages all teacher and staff to take a training of computer and information technology.

 

Phase 3: Refreezing

The best courses of actions for this phase are:

•         Rearrange job division.

•         Make new job descriptions.

•         These activities may be able to make new personal behavior.

 

Thus are my perceptions about what must be changed urgency at my workplace organization.