Peter Cheese, current CEO of CIPD asserts, 'People professionals are a vital function in supporting businesses to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances'. Explain two different models or theories to managing change. Change management models or theories might include: • Lewin's three-step model of change • Kotter's eight-stage model • Beckhard's change model • Beer et al's 6 steps As before, make sure you are discussing the theories rather than just describing them. This might therefore involve you discussing the two models - what are they saying about change management, how to they differ, to what extent can they support change management in practice in organisations, and so on.