Overview
Purpose
For this assignment, you reflect on your past experiences with change and discuss your resistance to change today.
Parameters Your paper will be 3-4 pages. This reflection is an informal assignment and does not require references. Please apply the current APA formatting. Application of graduate-level writing and grammar should be carefully considered and implemented.
Prompt The paper you will produce will have two major sections. The paper is intended to be written in your voice. This is about your experiences with change in your voice.
The first section will cover your personal experiences with change. Write about several examples that you have experienced. These examples could be from your professional work (preferred), volunteer activities, church activities, life events, or personal change initiatives. With each example, describe whether or not the change was successful or unsuccessful and if the change was long-lasting. Describe what you learned from each example. What personal costs or benefits did you realize with each?
The second section will cover your current resistance to change. The Manager as Change Leader book has a comprehensive Individual Resistance to Change section on pages 27 and 28. Chapter 2 is required reading for this week. Complete the required reading and then read pages 27 and 28. Reflect on your current state and current factors of resistance to change. Determine your three most decisive resistance factors using the list on pages 27 and 28. Write at least a paragraph for each factor and describe why this is a decisive factor for you. Include connections to your personal experiences from the first section as potential reasons this factor exists today.
This assignment utilizes the TurnItIn originality tool. Upon submission, TurnItIn will generate an originality report that detects plagiarism. This report will be sent to your instructor.