Business Question

Understanding andCoping with Change

[WLOs: 2, 3] [CLOs: 6, 7]

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.

The Understanding and Coping with Change paper,

must be 4 to 5 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to

APA Style.

as outlined in the Writing Center’s

APA Formatting for Microsoft Word

resource.

must include a separate title page with the following in title case:

title of paper in bold font

Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

student’s name

name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)

course name and number

instructor’s name

due date

must utilize academic voice.

See the

Academic Voice

resource for additional guidance.

must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.

Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

For assistance on writing

Introductions & Conclusions

and

Writing a Thesis Statement

, refer to the Writing Center resources.

must use at least 3 scholarly sources in addition to the course text.

The

Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources

table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.

To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view the Quick and Easy Library Research tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.