Obstacles and Resistances to Organizational Changes

The objective of this chapter is to outline and figure out the meaning of organizational change and resistance and to identify those techniques that will help the companies to manage resistance to change. In this chapter, the meaning and the types of organizational change are presented. A variety of reasons of why employees resist change is offered during this chapter. In the next section of the chapter, the categories of resistance to change in organizations are identified. Moreover, the management techniques to manage resistance to change are presented in the upcoming section.