Topic 9 Resistance Q1) Too often behaviour is attributed to individual factors such as personality rather than to systemic causes that may be promoting such behaviour. What are the system or structural issues that promote resistance behaviours in your organization? Q2) Review a recent change in your organization. Can you identify the strategies used to reduce resistance? What other strategies would you use now? Theory Kotter & Schlesinger (2008‚ P.134) demonstrates that the most common ways to
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comfortable with surroundings and ourselves. We do not like to be challenged with change because of fear of the unknown. Resistance is a natural reaction to change. In order to fully change an individual’s style of thinking and working‚ we must understand the theory and techniques in order to break down the barrier of resistance. REASONS FOR RESISTANCE There are several reasons for resistance to change from employees These reasons include fear of the unknown‚ threatening job security‚ bad timing‚ lack of
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Most people don’t like change because they don’t like being changed. When change comes into view‚ fear and resistance to change follow. People fight against change because they fear to lose something they value‚ don’t understand the change and its implications don’t think that the change makes sense‚ or find it difficult to cope with either the level or pace of the change. Resistance emerges when there’s a threat to something the individual values. The threat may be real or it may be just a perception
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Film Analysis: Roots of Resistance a Story of the Underground Railroad In the movie Roots of Resistance a Story of the Underground Railroad‚ the filmmaker makes some very strong points. He made the movie in a way that portrays his specific opinion and views on the Underground Railroad. If a viewer didn’t know what the movie was about they may have guessed it would have been a very different kind of movie based on the title. After watching the movie in its entirety you realize that the movie was
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conditions of the Channel Islanders under German occupation are compared to those of the citizens living on mainland Britain. British negligence is primarily addressed before the invasion of the Channel Islands‚ during occupation‚ and after recapture of the Islands. Diary entries are mostly used to identify the
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important to the slaves as a form of passive resistance because they could communicate‚ give each other signs of escape/runaway and keep their spirits up. music was very meaningful to the slaves in the past. slaves were forced/made to work on plantations because their masters‚ of course‚ did not want to work so instead they made their slaves work. There were three types of plantations which were :- 1) Cotton 2) Sugar 3) Tobacco Passive resistance in the past was when slaves use many ways to
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Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics‚ and social structures illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans. By 1736‚ although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation
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in England. Dearest Friend of England‚ 1776 I know it is hard to believe we (the colonists) would be on the verge of a revolution against our own homeland. My father has explained to me the reasons we deserve independence from God‚ the King‚ and the British people. There are many things going on in the colonies to lead us to our current thoughts. The British people have imposed many Acts upon us colonists. In the year 1767‚ British parliament passed Mr. Charles Townshend proposed
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Theme: Resistance and Revolt Topic: The Sugar Revolution Were the changes that were brought to the West Indies as a result of the sugar revolution beneficial or detrimental to the development of the West Indies? The period 1650 to 1823 was referred to as the sugar era‚ during that time sugar cane was the most important and profitable crop that was grown in the West Indies. Most planters turned to this crop as they found out that the changes of the sugar revolution were very beneficial to them
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Does peaceful resistance to laws positively or negatively impact a free society? I feel it ultimately impacts in a positive way by raising awareness of pertinent issues. Non-violent action tends to win more support than does violence. Peaceful resistance is a method of social change that can employ strategies such as strikes‚ sit-ins‚ boycotts and civil disobedience. One example is of the numerous protests against the petroleum industry to transition to a renewable energy source. We have become so
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