Resistance to Change

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Resistance to Change 1 INDIVIDUALS IN ORGANIZATIONS RESIST CHANGE Individuals In Organizations Resist Change Discuss This Statement Using Six (6) Major Causes Alicia Henry – Cipriani College Of Labor And Cooperative Studies HMR 210 – Organizational Behavior & Development Date 5th March 2008 Resistance to Change 2 Abstract Resistance to Change 3 Introduction. Change is inevitable, it will happen even if we choose to pay no attention toward the fact that it will happen. Someone ounce said, “People and stones have one thing in common. They both resist change”. Many governments and by extension organization have been forced to change, economies, behaviors, budgets, and social behavior in order to meet the coming challenges that have engulf the world. The dynamics of change can be difficult for some to accept and can result in resistance that can be crippling to a society or an organization, in the 15 century Machiavelli speaking on change said: - “Nothing is more difficult to take on, more precarious to lead, or less certain of success than introducing new things, because the person introducing them makes and enemy of those who fare well under the old situation and those that might fare well under the new situation do not yet defend it zealously”. [Caluwé & Vermaak 2003 p 83] What do we mean when we speak of Change? Different persons will define the word “change” and you’ll get a multiplicity of responses. A simple answer would be, moving
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