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Force Field Analysis

Force field analysis is a decision-making technique that helps analyze the forces for and against a proposed change. It involves identifying driving forces that support the change and restraining forces that oppose it. These forces are then evaluated on their strength and potential for influence. The technique aims to increase the total strength of driving forces and decrease the total strength of restraining forces to make the proposed change more likely to succeed. It provides a structured way to understand the landscape around a decision and identify actions to alter the relevant forces.

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Force Field Analysis

Force field analysis is a decision-making technique that helps analyze the forces for and against a proposed change. It involves identifying driving forces that support the change and restraining forces that oppose it. These forces are then evaluated on their strength and potential for influence. The technique aims to increase the total strength of driving forces and decrease the total strength of restraining forces to make the proposed change more likely to succeed. It provides a structured way to understand the landscape around a decision and identify actions to alter the relevant forces.

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FORCE FIELD

ANALYSIS

WHAT IS FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS?


Force Field Analysis is a useful decision-making technique. It

helps you make a decision by analysing the forces for and against
a change, and it helps you communicate the reasoning behind
your decision.
You can use it for two purposes:

to decide whether to go ahead with the change;


to increase your chances of success, by strengthening the forces supporting
change and weakening those against it.

THE APPROACH

Start with a well-defined goal or change to be implemented


Once the driving and restraining forces are identified, ask the following questions:

Are they valid?


How do we know?
How significant are each of them?
What are their strengths?
Which ones can be altered? Which cannot?
Which forces can be altered quickly? Which ones only slowly?
Which forces, if altered, would produce rapid change?
Which only slow change in the situation?
What skills and/or information is needed and available to alter the forces? Can
we get them?
Assign a score to each force using a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 meaning weak and 5
meaning strong. The score is based on
a. The strength of the force
b. The degree to which it is possible to influence the force
Calculate a total score for each of the two columns
Decide if the goal or change is feasible. If so, devise a manageable course of
action that:
Strengthens positive forces
Weakens negative forces
Creates new positive forces

EXAMPLES

FORCE FIELD FOR PUBLIC POLICY


ANALYSIS
Even problems that look quite vague start becoming clear. The

forces are quantified and their strength represented visually.


This makes it easier for the participants to think of how to

grapple with them in order to bring about change.


It becomes obvious that the magnitude of the driving forces has to

be increased and that of restraining forces has to be decreased.


These decisions are taken jointly in the light of resources
available, other constraints etc.
Often solutions start to emerge to seemingly insurmountable

problems.

BALLOON STONE MODEL

LIMITATIONS
Process is subjective and requires collaborative thinking and

agreement
Concerning forces for and against the solution to a particular
problem.
May oversimplify the relationships between factors that impact a
problem.
All aspects of a problem may not be identified

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