Introduction: This essay is primarily concerned with leadership and organizational change management. The purpose is to discuss critically the manner in which resistance to change is managed within an organization‚ with a focus on its benefits as well as drawbacks. The phrase ‘change management’ is defined and how its implementation affects organizations and employees. In today’s business environment‚ it could be debated that successful management of change is essential to any establishment so as to
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Resistance to Change HR587-Managing Organizational Change Course Project Instructor: Kathleen Milburn Keller Graduate School of Management 06/16/2010 Nga Le Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Literature Review 3 Force-Field Analysis Diagram 4 Decoding Resistance to Change 6 Working with Resistance 7 Key Elements to Effective Organizational Training 7 Successful Project Management 9 Managers as Resistors 10 Managing Resistance 12 Default Option Approach 12 Change
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Strategies to reduce resistance to change 1. Using Lewin’s Change Model‚ successful unfreezing can set the stage for change to take place. <INSERT CONTEXT: why is the change needed?> By understanding the need to change‚ employees become dissatisfied with current practices‚ hence motivated to change. The organization must always create the motivation to change. This creates favourable predisposition towards change‚ reducing resistance. 2. From Kotter’s six strategies to overcome resistance
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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 on: 12-04-2012 References: This document contains
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Change they say is the only constant thing. It is however a big wonder why many people still resist change even in large institutions. Resistance to change has therefore had a negative connotation because it portrays people avoiding the inevitable and not wanting to improve or face challenges. The essence of this paper is to peel the outward negative layer of resistance to change and dig deeper to reveal how it can be managed and transformed into a positive thing which may avail
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Introduction Change is a very natural part of life. Very rarely do things remain the same either in our personal lives or our professional lives. People must be able to adapt to these changes in order to keep up with those around them. Some of these changes are easy to take on as people buy into them very quickly and easily. Other changes are met with resistance. If not handled properly‚ this resistance to the change can overcome the change agent thus rendering the desired change impossible to
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DECLARATION This form must be completed‚ dated and attached to each assessment task that you submit for marking. FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW 1. ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS STUDENT NAME:Hamdhoon Abdul Hameed | STUDENT ID NUMBER | UNIT OF STUDY:MOB1102 | | TITLE OF ASSESSMENT:Employees might resist change because of self-interest‚ misunderstanding and distrust‚ and a general intolerance for change. Outline the five techniques that companies can use to manage resistance to change that are described
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18 MANAGING CHANGE Chapter Scan Organizations have to keep pace with current issues related to quality‚ technology‚ diversity‚ globalization‚ and ethics. This requires managing both change and resistance to change. All organizations experience external and internal forces for change. There are numerous organization development interventions available to managers. Diagnosis and needs analysis are essential first steps in any change management effort. LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading
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Analysis of “Managing Your Boss” This article emphasize on the importance of managing your boss. The authors initially stated what “Managing your boss” means‚ then they support their idea of managing your boss by giving the credible studies sources. They also gave a “sad but telling story” about how this person who got fired because of his poor management between him and his boss. After that‚ the authors further stress the importance of managing your boss by pointing out the mutual dependence
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likes change is a wet baby. Change‚some thrive on it‚ while others resist it. We as human beings are always resistant to change if we are 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
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