Readings Read the following chapters in your text, Managing Organizational Change:

1. Chapter 6: Resistance to Change

2. Chapter 7: Implementing Change: Organizational Development, Appreciative Inquiry, Positive Organizational Scholarship, and Sense-Making Approach

Recommended Reading The following articles can be found by clicking the Library link in the left navigation bar. Select the ProQuest database from the table and search by author last name and article title within the database     1.   It is recommended that you read the following article to gain further understanding of the connection between organizational values and organizational change:      a. Lamm, E., Gordon, J., & Purser, R.  (2010). The role of value congruence in organizational change. Organization Development Journal, 28(2), 49-64. (Document ID: 2042541661).

Discussions

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1. Preventing Resistance

Listed below are a number of reasons why people may be resistant to a change.  For each of the reasons, identify at least one action that could be taken by management to reduce the prospect that it will be a significant source of resistance (Exercise 6.2 from your text).  Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

Reason for Resistance                                                                       Proposed Action Dislike of change Discomfort with uncertainty Perceived negative effects on interests Attachment to established culture/ways of doing things Perceived breach of psychological contract Lack of conviction that change is needed Lack of clarity as to what is expected Belief that the specific change being proposed is inappropriate Belief that the timing is wrong “Excessive change” Cumulative effect of other changes in one’s life Perceived clash with ethics Reaction to the experience of previous changes Disagreement with the way the change is being managed

    2.   Change Intervention

          Complete the following exercise (Exercise 7.2 in your text): Choose a current issue in your local neighborhood.  You will figure out how you would           design a large-scale change intervention program in relation to this issue.  Answer the following questions and respond to at least two of your           classmates’ postings.                  a. How many people would it make sense to involve?                  b. Where and when would you hold it?                  c. How would you ensure that you have a representative cross sample of relevant people in the room at the same time? What                      data sources would you need to achieve this?                  d. Who are the key decision makers in relation to this issue?  What arguments will you use to get them to attend the meeting?                  e. How will you structure the agenda of the meeting? What would be the best way of doing this so that people who attend on that day have                      appropriate buy-in to it?                   f. How would you run the actual meeting?                  g. What technology would you need to make it work well?                  h. What would you like people to take away from the meeting?                   i. What follow-up actions would you plan to ensure that actions and decisions flowed from it?                   j. What possible funding sources might you draw on to finance the meeting?                  k. As a result of considering such questions, what new issues emerge for you, as a large-scale change intervention agent, to consider? What                       specific skills would you need to make such an event work well? Which of these skills would you need to develop more?