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Farm Laws 2020: Battle of Wits or More?

Saumya Sindhwani, ...

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Farm Laws 2020: Battle of Wits or More?

Saumya Sindhwani; Poonamjot Kaur Sidhu

ISB350 | Published January 16, 2023 | 17 pages Case

Collection: Indian School of Business

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This case can be utilized to highlight the importance of the various aspects and stages of the change management process. The case follows the farmer’s protest against the three farm laws introduced by the Government of India in 2020. It retraces the events that led the government to repeal the three farm laws on November 19, 2021. The case does not have a protagonist; however, role plays can be used in the class to draw attention to the points of conflict in the case. The case highlights the missteps of the Government of India at various levels in the change management process related to the three farm laws. The government’s oversight in assessing the risk of resistance to the farm laws is also emphasized in the case. The case also identifies how the farm unions were able to initiate and sustain the protest for almost a year (which too, is an example of change management). The case at no point attempts to comment on or analyze the merits of the three farm laws framed by the Government of India. The case indicates that a change was imperative, but a judgment on the appropriateness of the three farm laws is beyond the scope of this case.

From the case discussion, students will be able to: • Understand the concept and application of Kotter’s 8 Step Model of Change. • Understand the concept and application of Kurt Lewin’s Force Field Analysis. • Understand the importance of a change agent in the change management process. • Understand the concept and application of the Architect Pilot Scale Implement 1 (APSI) Framework. • Understand the concept and application of the Awareness Desire Knowledge Ability Reinforcement2 (ADKAR) Model. • Understand the concept of risk assessment and its management.