1. Introduction .................................................................................................. 2
1.1 Company Background ...................................................................... 2
1.2 Research Topic Questions and Objectives ....................................... 2
1.3 Research Rationales or Contribution ................................................ 3
2. Literature Review ................................................................................... ......4
2.1 Nature of Resistance to Change and Impacts ..........................................4
2.2 Organizational Resistance Change ..........................................................6
2.3 Manage Resistance Change .....................................................................7
3. Research Methodology ..................................................................................10
3.1 Over Research Design .............................................................................10
3.2 Literature Search............................................................... .......................11
3.3 Research Approach ........................................... .......................................13
3.4 Sampling....................................................................................................14
3.5 Data Access and Collection.......................................................................16
3.6 Method of Data Analysis...........................................................................16
3.7 Research Limation......................................................................................16
4. Conclusion ....................................................................................................18
4.1 Summary ...........................................................................................
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