According to (Tandon‚ 2002)‚ a change agent needs many personal characteristics in order to be successful. The role model of an outstanding change agent is embodied by James Shaw‚ who is described as young‚ ambitious‚ idealistic‚ demanding‚ enthusiastic‚ creative‚ intelligent‚ educated‚ persistent‚ strong-minded‚ as well as naïve‚ inexperienced‚ critical and unrealistic. He seems to have it all. And what his skills portfolio is missing‚ he compensates by building a powerful team around him. By recruiting
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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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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 overcome resistance to change is to educate people about it beforehand and communicating the ideas of change. Ford & Ford (2009‚ P.100) identified that the resistance can be a form of feedback and resource
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organization for the change‚ including external and internal pressures. 3 The change strategies used by GrainCorp and AWB 4 DLA loses Adelaide office 4 The rationale‚ i.e. the reasons provided by the organization for the change‚ including external and internal pressures. 4 The change strategies used by DLA Phillips Fox and its partnership- Adelaide office. 5 No limits: Freehills bonus scheme 5 The rationale‚ i.e. the reasons provided by the organization for the change‚ including external
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Conceptually‚ the change process starts wit awareness of the need for change. An analysis of this situation and the factors that have created it leads to diagnosis of their constructive characteristics and an indication of the direction in which action needs to be taken. Possible courses of action can then be identified and evaluated and a choice made of the preferred action. It is necessary to decide how to get from here to there. Managing change during this transition state is a critical phase
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INNOVATION AND CHANGE 31 A. Define creativity. Explain its relationship to organizational innovation. B. Briefly describe the typical pattern of technology cycles that occurs during technological innovation. C. What are innovation streams? Describe a typical innovation stream. D. How are technology cycles and innovation streams related? E. What are creative work environments? What does a manager need to do to develop and manage creative work environments? Provide examples. INNOVATION
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John P. Kotter’s “Leading Change” is the quintessential book for any organization looking to successfully bring about change in the workplace. As many of us know‚ change is never easy‚ but Leading Change helps by offering a plan of action. Leading Change has been used by many organizations‚ both large and small as a road map‚ to establish new policies successfully and with minimal resistance. The book offers a step by step process to introduce and successfully inplement changes. The book describes eight
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Organizational Change: Downsizing: It’s Not Easy BUS610: Organizational Behavior Organizational Change: Downsizing: Its’ Not Easy There are a lot of different changes that can arise throughout the growth of a company. There can be changes to the structure‚ positions revised‚ hours cut and people losing their jobs. Organizational change can happen at the beginning of a business and even after a few years of success‚ change can happen. While building an organization to strengthen its
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(BRIC Countries). This project would lead to a short-term change in the organization. XYZ‚ Inc.’s plan to expand its business in other BRIC Countries depends on the success of its first international store in Shanghai. The lessons learnt from the opening of first store‚ positive or negative‚ will be applied in the long term expansion of the company in BRIC countries‚ which entails long term changes in the organization. The long term changes for the second phase of international expansion (i.e. in
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Leadership & Organization Development Journal Emerald Article: Resistance to organizational change: the role of cognitive and affective processes Wayne H. Bovey‚ Andy Hede Article information: To cite this document: Wayne H. Bovey‚ Andy Hede‚ (2001)‚"Resistance to organizational change: the role of cognitive and affective processes"‚ Leadership & Organization Development Journal‚ Vol. 22 Iss: 8 pp. 372 - 382 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437730110410099 Downloaded
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