Assignment Instructions/ Description
Discussion - Week 5COLLAPSE
Resistance to Change
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
—Woodrow Wilson
As the quote above implies, people do not often appreciate or even welcome change. This is true of employees in the context of organizational change as well. When trying to implement organizational change, criminal justice managers may encounter employees who are resistant. Resistance to change poses a major threat to successful organizational change. As a result, criminal justice managers must be familiar with strategies to address resistance to change in order to move forward. As you review the readings for this week, think about how organizational change not only affects organizations but also criminal justice employees.
To Prepare for this Discussion:
- Review Chapter 14 in your course text, Criminal Justice Organizations: Administration and Management. Pay attention to the issue of resistance to change within criminal justice organizations.
- Think about sources of resistance to change within criminal justice organizations.
- Consider strategies that criminal justice managers might use to address and overcome resistance to change within their organizations.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 5 a brief description of two sources of resistance to change within criminal justice organizations. Then describe at least two strategies criminal justice managers might use to address each source of resistance, and explain how. Be specific, and use examples to illustrate your explanation.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.
Respond by Day 7 to at least one of your colleagues' postings in one or more of the following ways:
- Ask a probing question.
- Share an insight from having read your colleague's posting.
- Offer and support an opinion.
- Validate an idea with your own experience.
- Make a suggestion.
- Expand on your colleague's posting.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of your colleagues' comments.
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