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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Psychology and Sources of Resistance

BOP703 · Organisational Development and Change — Week 4 of 16

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This week’s topics

Psychology and Sources of Resistance

  1. Cognitive and emotional barriers
  2. Psychological contract breach
  3. Power dynamics and political resistance
  4. Loss aversion and habitual inertia
  5. A critical review of resistance to change in organisations
  6. Lecture 14 : Resistance to Change
  7. Resistance to Change - Organizational Psychology Lecture 9.3

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Evaluate the reasons why there maybe resistance to change in an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the reasons why there maybe resistance to change in an organisation.

Study materials

Videos

  • A critical review of resistance to change in organisations · YouTube · Galton College · 19 min · for registered students
  • Resistance to Change - Organizational Psychology Lecture 9.3 · YouTube · Professor Q · 5 min · for registered students
  • Resistance to Change in Organisations · YouTube · Galton College · 19 min · for registered students
  • Overcoming Resistance to Change - Organizational Psychology Lecture 9.4 · YouTube · Professor Q · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Antecedents of Psychological Contract Breach: Job Demands, Job Resources, and Affect · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 14: Organizational Structure and Change · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 593–639 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: The Organisational Change Cycle
  • Week 2: Models of Planned and Emergent Change
  • Week 3: Planning and Execution Approaches
  • Week 4: Psychology and Sources of Resistance
  • Week 5: Mitigating Resistance and Engaging Stakeholders
  • Week 6: Contextual Considerations in Change Implementation
  • Week 7: Foundations of OD and Structural Interventions
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Behavioural Techniques in Organisational Development
  • Week 10: Individual-Level OD Interventions
  • Week 11: Group and System-Wide OD Interventions
  • Week 12: Applying Organisational Development and Change in practice:…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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