This week’s topics
Mitigating Resistance and Engaging Stakeholders
- Kotter and Schlesinger's intervention strategies
- Transparent communication architectures
- Co-creation and collaborative leadership
- Building change capability
- Overcoming Resistance to Change - Organizational Psychology Lecture 9.4
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Evaluate the reasons why there maybe resistance to change in an organisation.
- 2.2 Suggest the issues to consider when implementing change at an organisational context.
Activity
Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the reasons why there maybe resistance to change in an organisation.
Study materials
Videos
- Overcoming Resistance to Change - Organizational Psychology Lecture 9.4 · YouTube · Professor Q · 6 min · for registered students
- Resistance to Change - Organizational Psychology Lecture 9.3 · YouTube · Professor Q · 5 min · for registered students
- John Kotter - Resistance to Change · YouTube · Dr. John Kotter · 4 min · for registered students
- A critical review of resistance to change in organisations · YouTube · Galton College · 19 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Leading Large Scale Change: a practical guide (NHS England, 2018) · PDF · Other, guidance; 123 pages · for registered students
- Organizational Behavior, ch. 14: Organizational Structure and Change · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 593–639 · for registered students
- Principles of Management, ch. 10.2–10.3: Organisational change and managing change · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 278–298 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
