RESISTANCE TO CHANGE Organizational Development and Change TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION3 WHY WE RESIST CHANGE4 HOW TO OVERCOME CHANGE5 REFERENCES6 Why have Wal-mart, Disney and McDonalds been able to stay on top for so long? In this world of ever-changing wants and needs, these companies have successfully managed to crack the code in change management. Their ability to forecast change and develop the process for implementation has greatly contributed to the success of these …showed first 75 words of 773 total…

…showed last 75 words of 773 total…REFERENCES Arkansas Univ, Resistance to change is futile: Overcoming technology workers reluctant to change, 2002, 13 November 2002, Worldwide Web http://advancement.uark.edu/news/2002/OCT02/MODELMETHOD.html SSM Online, Overcoming resistance to change, 2001, 13 November 2002, Worldwide Web http://www.ssmonline.org/News/ViewRelease.asp?ReleaseID=1386 French & Bell (1999), Organization Development, Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement, (6th ed), Prentice-Hall, Inc Peter M. Senge, Director of the Systems Thinking and Organizational Learning Program at MIT's Sloan School of Management