Exploring the Resistance to Change in Oil and Gas Industry

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The University of Liverpool

2013

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ABSTRACT

The goal of this experimental research is to recognize the sort of resistance to change in oil and gas industry. Since, innovation and advancement of the sector depends on the effective communication of the change in the industry. A thorough literature review observes the reason of resistance to change and the different strategies for reducing it. Implication for the change in the gas and oil industry and its benefits are suggested. Different strategies are discussed for reducing the resistance in the industry. It is also suggested that change is beneficial and essential for the innovation and advancement of the industry.

Exploring the Resistance to Change in Oil and Gas industry

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

1.1 Prologue1

1.2 Background of the Study1

1.3 Problem Statement3

1.4 Aims and Objectives of Research4

1.5 Research Questions4

1.6 Significance of the Study4

1.7 Scope of the Investigation5

1.8 Blueprints of Investigative Study5

1.8.1 Overview of the Mixed Method Research Approach6

1.9 Assumptions and Limitations6

1.10 Dissertation Structure7

1.10.1 Chapter 017

1.10.2 Chapter 027

1.10.3 Chapter 037

1.10.4 Chapter 047

1.10.5 Chapter 057

1.11 Summary of the Chapter7

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW9

2.1 Prologue9

2.2 Conceptualizing the Change in an Organization9

2.3 Overview of Oil and Gas Industry10

2.4 Types of Changes Observed in the Gas and Oil industry10

2.4.1 Strategic Change11

2.4.2 Structural Change12

2.4.3 Process oriented change12

2.4.4 People oriented change12

2.4.5 Organization-wide change12

2.4.6 Transformational Change12

2.4.7 Incremental Change13

2.4.8 Development Change13

2.4.9 Remedial Change13

2.4.10 Planned Change13

2.4.11 Unplanned Change13

2.5 Theoretical Framework13

2.5.1 Lewin's Change Management Model13

2.5.1.1. Consideration Regarding the Three Stages of Change13

2.5.2 Comprehending the Lewin's Model14

2.5.2.1 Unfreeze14

2.5.2. 2 Change14

2.6. Relating the Lewin's Change Management Model to the Changes in the Oil and Gas Industry15

2.7 Lewin's Leadership Theory15

2.7.1 Lewin's Leadership Styles15

2.7.1.1 Autocratic Leaders15

2.7.1.2. Democratic Leaders15

2.7.1.3 Laissez-Faire Leaders15

2.8 Conceptualizing Resistance and Change15

2.9 Types of Resistance18

2.9.1 Blind resistance18

2.9.2 Political Resistance18

2.10 Resistance to Lose Control19

2.10.1 Negative Effects of Resistance to Change19

2.10.2 Positive Effects of Change Management19

2.10.3 Resolving Organizational Conflicts20

2.11 From the Perspective of Oil and Gas Industry20

2.12 Existing Gaps in the Literature22

2.12.1 Type of resistance in the Oil and Gas Industry22

2.12.2 The Substitutes of Oil and Gas in the Industry22

2.12.3 Oil and Gas Industry and Resistance to Change due to Changing Technology22

2.12.4 Emergence of Alternative ...