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BUS 5113: Organizational Theory and Behavior

Portfolio Activity Unit-8
Organizational Culture and Change

Complete the Resistance to Change Questionnaire and view your results. Share your chart in the response.
Resistance to change questionnaire. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://pluto.huji.ac.il/~oreg/questionnaire.php. If you are
unable to take the online questionnaire, you can download the self-scoring version in pdf form.
Reflect on the following:
1. Do you agree or disagree with these results?
2. What areas seem accurate, which do not?
3. Give an example of a change situation in which you were recently involved. Did you resist? Why or why
not? What was the ultimate outcome?
The Portfolio Activity entry should be a minimum of 400 words and not more than 750 words. Use APA citations
and references if you use ideas from the readings or other sources.

Date: 19–25 March, 2020

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Agree or pain these results:

Total resistance-to-change rating is concerning average. You see each of the benefits, and

downsides in changes and aren't generally inclined to either resist or promote them. The actual

characteristics of the modification at hand additional probably to see your approach towards it.

As a way as your approach towards routines cares, you do not seem to feel terribly powerfully

concerning them. There are things that you simply wish to do on an everyday basis. However,

sometimes you wish to interrupt your routines and do one thing surprising or unplanned. Your

emotional reaction to changes is mostly negative. Changes usually cause you to feel

uncomfortable, nervous and even stressed. After you consider modification, though you're

responsive to the short-run inconvenience which will be concerned, you'll still see the potential

long advantages and might so take them into thought once creating selections concerning

modification. On the far side of this, you seem to be terribly stable and consistent in your

opinions. You recognize what you think in and aren't terribly probably to vary your mind. Some

may even say that you simply are somewhat stubborn. After reviewing the results, I will say

that with the results I neither agree nor disagree.

What areas appear correct:

The advantages, and downsides in changes: It's properly declared that I'm generally inclined to

either resist or promote them.

The particular characteristics of the change: It's subject to the condition of matters,

modification, and alternative factors and it's properly articulated.

The approach towards routines: It's terribly regarding on behalf of me, as a result, I do live my

life supported a routine, and on the opposite hand when finishing my tasks I do a ton of issue that

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is not planned, thus it additionally appears correct and additionally not correct as a result it

additionally makes a case for that I do not seems to feel terribly sturdy concerning them.

An emotional reaction to changes:

It looks not correct on behalf of me. as a result of I do know a way to manage to feel, and that is

usually for positive, not negative. I continuously like to do additional tasks and proactively take

responsibility and done consequently that isn't created me feel uncomfortable, nervous and even

stressed. It appears correct.

Making selections concerning change:

It's laborious for everybody however not all the time. however, here it's accurately declared that I

will see the potential long advantages and might so take them into thought for the brief-term

inconvenience. It appears correct.

Consistent in my opinions:

It's out of the question all the time to stable and consistent within the opinions that are solely

subject to the condition of matters and conditions. So, it looks not correct totally.

Change my mind:

Once I take the choice considering all the aspects of matters that sometimes, I'm not getting to

modification my mind. It looks correct.

Stubborn: I set my goals and do labor and totally determined to be achieved. It additionally

appears correct.

Situation Change and resistance:

I am operating for the UN organization Agency. Last seven years, I used to be operating for them

as a finance and admin officer however last year I got a prospect and alter my designation as a

program associate humanitarian that is partly connected with my previous description. This call I

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actually have taken terribly with boldness and it's like the other way up. I do resist throughout

taking the choice even when obtaining the new job 1st few months.

I do resist owing to the subsequent reasons:

New space of labor

Less expertise within the explicit field

New term and new operating modality

Too much coverage

More group action tasks

No supporting staff

New Responsibilities, etc.

why not?

Same organization

Loves to take challenge

Humanitarian expertise

Financial profit

Bit safer job

Better operating atmosphere, etc.

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What was the final word outcome?

The ultimate outcome is I do all right with my gift designation, and dealing with modality and

even the character of labor. I do love my work additional compare with the previous position.

Chance to be told new things, new topics, additional information, etc. that I will build my career

within the humanitarian field as a result of today’s world, there's a high probability of operating

within the humanitarian field as required.

References

Organizational Culture and Change. (2006). In Organizational Culture and Change. Retrieved

from

https://my.uopeople.edu/pluginfile.php/642621/mod_resource/content/3/TEXT%20Organization

al%20Theory.pdf

How to Deal with Resistance to Change. (2018). How to Deal With Resistance to Change.

Retrieved from https://hbr.org/1969/01/how-to-deal-with-resistance-to-change

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