Organisational change can be described as a process to move the organisation from current status to future state .The purpose maybe to increase productivity‚ capability‚ effectiveness and the organization`s ability. Although change is often necessary and important for organizations and individuals in order to survive or to develop. They typically demonstrate resistance to change. Managers have to develop new ideas to overcome this challenge. (Robbins and Decenzo‚2008) The other business environment
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Dealing with and managing resistance to change The top two reasons for employee resistance are 1. 2. A lack of awareness about the change Comfort with the ways things are and fear of the unknown. The Top 10 Reasons Employees Resist Change 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The individual’s personal predisposition to change. Surprise and fear of the unknown. Climate of mistrust. Fear of failure. Loss of status and/or job security. Peer pressure. Disruption of cultural traditions and/or group relationships
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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 to change
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Resistance to Change Paper Organizations initiate change efforts for countless reasons. Failure to properly manage these changes can cause an organization to decline or even fail. Most organizations are faced with ongoing changes due to internal and external pressures. These pressures can lead to strategic changes that affect the entire organization or incremental changes that have a direct impact on a specific area. Given the economy today‚ organizations must continually scan their external
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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
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ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT Assignment 2 – Literature Review It is not the strongest of the species that survives‚ nor the most intelligent‚ but the one most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin
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and how moral policing is caused and what are the changes that cause moral policing and why they are resisted. Finally this paper helps us understand the rationale behind moral policing. HYPOTHESIS Moral policing occurs when changes as an effect of modernization are integrated into our society which result in and decay of moral cultural and traditional values and beliefs1 of our society Effect of modernity in India Adam Smith and Herbert Spenser termed change as a result of aggregation of voluntary
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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
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Managing diversity using a strategic planned change approach Earnest Friday Management in the College of Business Administration‚ Florida International University‚ Miami‚ Florida‚ USA‚ and Managing diversity 863 Received October 2002 Revised February 2003 Accepted February 2003 Shawnta S. Friday School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M University‚ Tallahassee‚ Florida‚ USA Keywords Diversity management‚ Strategic management‚ Change management Abstract Many organizations have implemented
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Abstract While some resistance to change is inevitable‚ most resistance can be managed and actually is beneficial. In order to manage resistance to change‚ managers must first understand what attributes to the resistance and how the resistance is beneficial. Resistance to change can be healthy‚ because it forces you to check your assumptions and clarify what you are doing‚ as well as how you are planning to achieve it. The many reasons for resistance are explored and practical solutions‚ based on
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