Organizational Behavior paper - minimum 4 pages - turnitin report - work cited

Change is a reality of today’s markets and business environments and as an effective leader and manager, you must understand the change process and develop strategies that can overcome resistance to change in order to successfully lead and manage change. XYZ Corporation is currently undergoing a major restructuring and you are an executive leading and managing this process of change. Palmer, Dunford, and Akin (2016) have identified six (6) images of change management as depicted in the grid below. Use these six (6) images of change management to explain how you would effectively and successfully manage the changes taking place at XYZ Corporation while overcoming resistance to change. Images - Pressures for Change Director - Change is a result of strategic pressures and controllable by managers’ ability to direct the organization’s response Navigator - Strategic change is in response to internal and external pressures. Multiple pressures facing managers will need to be taken into account. Caretaker - Managers have little control over the inevitable pressures on the organization. Managers have little choice in the organization’s actions. Coach - Pressures for change are constant and result in the need to develop and shape the organization’s capabilities to better enhance organizational outcomes. Interpreter - Pressures for change are internal and external and managers need to understand and give meaning to these. Nurturer - Pressures for change are large and small and the manager’s role is to enhance the adaptive capacity of the organization.