MGT 501 Module 5 Case

Assignment

Read the Ford et al. article on the positive side of resistance to change. This article suggests that resistance to change can be used as a resource for change and it proposes how resistance might be restructured. Based on this article write a 4pg critique in which you will relate to the following questions and tasks. If you want you can supplement your reading with items from the Optional Reading list or other outside reading you find useful.

1. In what ways change agents can contribute to change resistance? Present all of the ways that are presented in the article and use your own examples to demonstrate how they do that.

2. How can organizations use resistance to change as a change agent? In other words, explain how resistance can be utilized as a positive resource.

Now, read Kotters article on the eight-step plan for implementing change and explain:

1. What are the common mistakes managers make when trying to initiate a change?

2. What are the 8 sequential steps suggested by Kotter to overcome the problems that you describe in the third question above