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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Resistance to Change Introduction There are many factors that management must consider when planning for organizational change. Employee resistance to change is one of the biggest factors that management must prepare for. If management does not overcome employee resistance to change‚ the organizational change will not be successful. In order to overcome resistance to change‚ management must first diagnose the organization. Diagnosis includes collecting data‚ a dialog of discovery
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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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Resistance to change Robert Fields MGT/426 June 29‚ 2014 T H Resistance to change Organization Change can be defined as an influence where a company or an organization moves away from the normal state and schedules towards better goals in order to increase its effectiveness and also keep up with the changing markets and technologies(Donaldson‚ 1996). During the change process in the organization‚ resistance is always expected from various teams and individuals which include the organizational
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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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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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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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Resistance to Change Introduction – Change Concept Resistance to change is a response given by individuals or groups when they perceive that a change occurring is a threat to them‚ (“Resistance to Change”‚ 2002). Resistance to change from employees can cause the change initiative to fail as a result of not properly implementing the change strategy. Approach – Change Agent In order to implement change effectively in an organization‚ it is very important for a change agent to know the signs of
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Resistance to Change Organizational change is the movement of an organization away from its present state and toward some desired future state to increase its effectiveness. (George et al‚ pg 567) Organizations need to change in the modern day market place. New technologies‚ globalization‚ foreign trade‚ investments and constantly shifting marketplaces demand the need for flexibility‚ adaptation‚ and change. The downside to this is in an organizations employees. People by nature resist change
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Resistance to Change MGT380 - Managing Organizational Change July 30‚ 2012 Dr. David M. Piltz Resistance to Change Organizational change is a focus for Starbucks. The resistance to change needs to be a consideration for the company. Starbucks needs to focus on how to communicate the change in the organization and the attitudes that come with the change‚ whether it is positive or negative. Starbucks needs to establish strategies for managing the attitudes and the role of the president
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