Resistance to change can be difficult to overcome even when it is not detrimental to those concerned. But the attempt must be made. The first step is to analyze the potential impact of change by considering how it will affect people in their jobs. The analysis should indicate which aspects of the proposed change may be supported generally or by specified individuals and which aspects may be resisted. So far as possible‚ the potentially hostile or negative reactions of people should be identified
Premium Feeling Person Affect
Employees Resistance towards Organizational Change Blekinge Institute of Technology School of Management Ronneby‚ Sweden Supervisor: Göran Alsen Authors: Kamran Khan Masood ur Rehman Master Thesis in MSc. Business Administration JUNE 2008 This thesis is submitted to the School of Management at Blekinge Institute of Technology/Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola in partial
Premium Principal-agent problem Change management Goal
Griffin - Management‚ 8th Edition Chapter 13 - Managing Organizational Change and Innovation 1. The Nature of Organization Change – any substantive modification to some part of the organization a. Forces of Change i. External Forces - derive form the organization’s general and task environments ii. Internal Forces – a variety of forces inside the organization may cause change as well b. Planned Versus Reactive Change i. Planned change – change that is designed and implemented in an orderly
Premium Innovation Management
Management 125 Individual Assignment Why do organizations experience resistance to change? What techniques can managers use to overcome resistance? If we want things to stay as they are‚ things will have to change. (Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. II Gattopardo 1958). More and more organizations have come to accept that as the external environment changes they need to adapt in order to stay competitive. Organizational change may be necessary to retain a competitive edge in the ever changing economic
Premium Change management Organization
In most cases‚ the problems arising from the change is maladjusted. Many organizations are thus designed to protect the basic functions by changes and disturbances in the wider environment. In these organizations‚ all functions in one of the following three categories: primary‚ secondary‚ and regional. 1. The main functions (administration)‚ coordination is achieved through standard operations. 2. secondary (support functions)‚ coordination is achieved through design. 3. In regional (sales) through
Premium Management Organization Communication
Professor of International Marketing Philip Kotler is the S.C. Johnson & Son Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management‚ Northwestern University‚ Evanston‚ Illinois. Kellogg was voted the “Best Business School” for six years in Business Week’s survey of U.S. business schools. It is also rated as the “Best Business School for the Teaching of Marketing”. Professor Kotler has significantly contributed to Kellogg’s success through his many years of research and teaching
Premium Future Chicago
MN 4125 Management of Change Final Project: United States Postal Service Case Study Steve Mays Frank Sierra Joshua Kapp PART I History and Background Introduction The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent government organization that generates income through mail services. It is currently the second largest civilian employer in the United States. Its primary task is to deliver mail around the country‚ at a standard price‚ regardless of geographic location. Over the last
Premium United States Postal Service
Leading Change by John P. Kotter. Harvard Business School Press‚ 1996. In light of the increasing rate of change in the business environment due to factors such as technological advances and globalization‚ the need to be able to make successful transformations within an organization becomes more imperative than ever before. In Leading Change‚ Kotter identifies an eight-step guide for making successful organization changes. These eight steps stem from avoiding common mistakes made during organizational
Free Term Management Goal
BRUNEL BUSINESS SCHOOL COVERSHEET FOR ONLINE COURSEWORK SUBMISSIONS Module Code MG2129 Module Title Managing Change & Creativity Module leader Natasha Slutskaya Student ID number 1217919 Student name Christian Henawi Degree Programme (e.g. Business and Management (General)) General Business and Management I understand that the School does not tolerate plagiarism. Plagiarism is the knowing or reckless presentation of another person’s thoughts‚ writings‚ inventions‚ as one’s own. It
Premium Creativity Change management Innovation
This paper will critically analyze the background of Qantas which decided to launch Jet Star‚ the new low cost carrier‚ in 2004. Secondly‚ this paper will critically analyze the revenue and profit performance of Qantas’s domestic airline against its main competitor Virgin Blue in 2010‚ 2011‚ and 2012. Annual report for each organization will be used to support this statement‚ and also used to determine whether Qantas’s domestic airline was an acquisition of future growth potential. Thirdly‚ the CEO
Premium Airline Qantas Low-cost carrier