Understanding and Coping with Change

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapter 10: Organizational Design and Change. Change is everywhere, yet very few people seem to embrace the concept. We are, for the most part, creatures of habit and follow daily routines. When change occurs, our activities and thought patterns are disrupted. For this assignment, you will write a paper analyzing the internal and external factors contributing to an individual’s resistance to change.

In your paper,

Describe a situation where you or someone you know was resistant to change as identified in one of the following areas:

Self-interest

• Lack of understanding

Lack of trust in management

• Differing assessments of the need for change
• Low tolerance for change
• Explain whether the resistance to change was caused by an internal or external factor.
• Provide a plan for overcoming that resistance using Kotter’s theory for change.
• Describe how the plan will be enacted and you will know that the plan has worked.