Managing Resistance to Organizational Change: A Comparative Analysis of Ajax Minerals and Perrier

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Running Head: Ajax Minerals and PerrierManaging Resistance to Organizational Change: A Comparative Analysis ofAjax Minerals and PerrierAnalyzethe sources of resistance to change in Ajax Minerals and Perrier companies, comparinghow each organization addressed these challenges. In your response, discuss the role ofcommunication, employee involvement, and leadership strategies. Provide recommendations forimproving the effectiveness of their change management strategies.Word Count: 1500-2000 words.

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IntroductionChange is defined aspersistentinfluence, where all aspects are subject toconstantchangeof one form or another. Also,itis anunavoidablepart of bothsocietaland organizational life.Alsochange affects fourimportant characteristicsof theorganization i.eitsstructure,strategy,technology, and employees.Change encourages competitionandinfluences both human andmaterial resources (Agocs C, 1997).During theperiod ofchange processmost oforganizationssometimesface potentialgaps. Some of these gaps canincludestrategic visionincompatiblewithmistakenimplementations,somelack of communication betweenemployees and organizationsmanagement which can cause agap, and finallythesegaps creatingdiscrepancybetween thetools that are usedandchange management model(Agocs C, 1997).Resistance is also causedbydifferentfactors.Some of these factorscomprisebut are not limited to lackeducation,communication,andinformation among the organization which canincreasethe resistance.Usefulcommunicationand well planned strategiescanavoidresistance to changeand reduceemployee’s fears of change and as well.Some sourcess of resistance to changeandorganization dealt with each resistance.Thediscomfortand uncertainty thathappendue to the lack of communication aresignificantsources of resistance.Approximately 99%change processesmake happenresistancewhich has asolidimpact on theemployee behaviorsand working conditions.Alsochangemakesemployees to a state offear and doubt. In this caseAjax minerals’ twoimportantsources ofresistance are discomfort and uncertainty (Agocs C, 1997).Before implementing new changesalready these twoimportantfacts existed, and therewas aexhaustingrelationship betweenorganizational management andstaff; itdeteriorateduringthe changeprocessand turned toruinlater on. Themainreasonof thisunenthusiasticrelationship was the lack of communication.One of themajorresistances came from the junior

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