Organizational Change
Organizational Change By Scott Phillips University of Phoenix MGT 331 Instructor: Kelly Wadsworth February 23, 2003 Organizational Change The category I chose for this assignment is on Organizational Change. ... I found several articles regarding organizational change and chose two that seem to have some helpful information. The two articles I read provided a good portion of information regarding change. They discussed (1) what change is, (2) how resistance is manifested in the work place, (3) what techniques can be used to facilitate change in the workplace. In the article where it discusses change, it refers to how Americans seem to better getting more and more used to change and that some require increasing intensities of change to satisfy their need for stimulation. ... It is important to understand what change is and how it occurs. ... Resistance to change Most individuals during a change situation move though four stages: 1. ... This can cause tension and chaos within the organization, which is going through the change. Also mentioned is that any change effort that has limited alternatives will generate more resistance than change efforts that offer multiple alternatives.