MANAGING IN A CHANGING WORLD

Managing in a Changing World

Managing in a Changing World

Introduction

Towards change as an individual, it appears possible to notice that people are set to a routine in their day-to-day affairs. For example, the routine to travel to a college consists of the same streets and same highways in order to get to the destination, but what if maintenance is needed on one of the streets? A person will find troubles of taking alternative directions, sometimes even taking much longer to arrive at the same destination. According to Robbins et al, this difficulty is considered to be one of the many resistances to change towards an individual since it's breaking the individuals routine (Robbins et al 2004, 571).

Managing in an Organization

In an organization, a lot of people will gain a resistance towards change if the change affects their 'comfort zone'. Robbins et al say that there are five factors which may have an effect on people to be resistant towards change. These include habit, where individuals will be cautious to find alternative methods in order to complete something they already gained a habit to; security, where individuals may fear their life being in danger or their jobs at risk; economic factors, individuals may fear that change may affect their present earnings; fear of the unknown, some individuals will face a completely different system and hold dislike for uncertainty; selective information processing, are when people select what they want to do, or a hear what they want to hear. For example, workers may ignore certain a criteria which the manager has set (Robbins et al 2004, 571-72).

Though change within an individual's viewpoint maybe a difficult and ambiguous step, in relations to the forces of change, it is a requirement for ones self to continuously change and continuously learn the ...