➢Adopting New Technology

• One challenge is integrating new technology with the existing platforms in a way that doesn’t cause huge logistical issues. Another challenge is getting the staff up to date on how to use the new technology. employees are the “end user” when it comes to implementing a new system at the workplace. Communicating the specific ways in which the technology will streamline work processes is an effective way of overcoming this barrier.

• Employees want to know what's going on, whether it is positive or negative news. The feeling of uncertainty when management doesn't communicate disrupts work and makes employees feel as if they aren't a part of the decision. Keep employees updated regularly about the plans and progress toward the change implementation. Involve all employees as much as possible through meetings or brainstorming sessions to help during the planning phase.

1.3Explain practical ways of overcoming these barriers/ Means of overcoming barriers and difficulties including unfreezing and freezing techniques

• Unfreeze, Change, Refreeze or Kurt Lewin's change management model is a model to understand and manage organizational change. It aims to understand why change occurs, implement the necessary changes and normalize them in the organization's day-to-day operations. The ultimate goal is to change the status quo with minimal effect on processes or employees, while ensuring maximum Return on Investment

• First, a team or organization must unfreeze their current process and perceptions when preparing for upcoming changes. This helps the team approach the task or challenge with a clean slate without bias or bad habits. Past behaviors, ways of thinking, processes, people, and organizational structures must be thoroughly examined to demonstrate the necessity for change to establish or uphold a competitive edge in an evolving marketplace.

Change

• Once the team or organization is no longer frozen, it’s time to implement change. Lewin recognized this was a time marked with uncertainty and fear—making it the most arduous step to complete. During this step, employees begin to learn new behavior, processes, and ways of thinking. For this reason, clear and constant communication across all are critical for employees as they become familiar with the change both during and after deployment.

• Finally, it’s time to refreeze. Assuming that the changes made to behaviors, processes, and ways of thinking are accepted, the refreeze step locks the new norm or status quo into place. Lewin found this step to be particularly crucial to ensure that teams and organizations would not revert back to their old way and past habits before the change was implemented.

Means of overcoming barriers and difficulties to change are

➢Communication and Education-

• Employees need to be informed properly and educated about the need for change in the organisation.Deliberate efforts must be made by leaders and change agents to inform and educate employees at all levels about the importance of change.