ZHANG Yuanli Mgts1601 Essay
University of Queensland
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Course Code: MGTS 1601
Employee Resistance to Change
Student Name: Yuanli Zhang (Phil)
Student Number: 43401163
Course Tutor: Marissa Edwards
Yuanli Zhang
43401163
Table of Content
Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2
Description of Problem ----------------------------------------------------------- 2
Propose Intervention ---------------------------------------------------------------4
Conclusion -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
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Organisation Behaviour; MGTS 1601; Individual Essay; Employee resistance to change
Yuanli Zhang
43401163
Contemporary business dynamics are pressuring organisations to change and adapt effective strategies to operate and remain competitive within this competitive environment. As a result, organisations are responding by embracing change as part of the transformation and strategising process (Pieterse, Caniels & Homan, 2012, p. 799).
However, when changes in the organisations occur, employees are likely to resist such changes (Zwick, 2002, p. 542). According to Bovey and Hede (2001, p. 372) when people are confronted with major organisational changes, they are likely to go through a reaction process because change involves moving from known to unknown. Employee resistance to change occurs when managers adopt top-down change process, forgetting that employees are important part of the change process; employee inclusion and motivation is crucial and inevitable. This paper is conducted to explore the main problem of employee resistance to change and motivating factors that lead to employee resistance. This essay will also propose recommendation of appropriate solutions to this problem. Organisations in the 21st century have to strategise and establish effective competitiveness by undertaking transformational change initiatives. Transformational change requires organisations to make
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Course Code: MGTS 1601
Employee Resistance to Change
Student Name: Yuanli Zhang (Phil)
Student Number: 43401163
Course Tutor: Marissa Edwards
Yuanli Zhang
43401163
Table of Content
Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2
Description of Problem ----------------------------------------------------------- 2
Propose Intervention ---------------------------------------------------------------4
Conclusion -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
1|Page
Organisation Behaviour; MGTS 1601; Individual Essay; Employee resistance to change
Yuanli Zhang
43401163
Contemporary business dynamics are pressuring organisations to change and adapt effective strategies to operate and remain competitive within this competitive environment. As a result, organisations are responding by embracing change as part of the transformation and strategising process (Pieterse, Caniels & Homan, 2012, p. 799).
However, when changes in the organisations occur, employees are likely to resist such changes (Zwick, 2002, p. 542). According to Bovey and Hede (2001, p. 372) when people are confronted with major organisational changes, they are likely to go through a reaction process because change involves moving from known to unknown. Employee resistance to change occurs when managers adopt top-down change process, forgetting that employees are important part of the change process; employee inclusion and motivation is crucial and inevitable. This paper is conducted to explore the main problem of employee resistance to change and motivating factors that lead to employee resistance. This essay will also propose recommendation of appropriate solutions to this problem. Organisations in the 21st century have to strategise and establish effective competitiveness by undertaking transformational change initiatives. Transformational change requires organisations to make