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LO15-1
Describe the elements of Lewin's force field analysis model.
LO15-2
Discuss the reasons people resist organizational change and how change agents should view this resistance.
LO15-3
Outline six strategies for minimizing resistance to change and debate ways to effectively create an urgency to change.
LO15-4
Discuss how leadership, coalitions, social networks, and pilot projects assist organizational change.
LO15-5
Describe and compare action research, appreciative inquiry, large group interventions, and parallel learning structures as formal approaches to organizational change.
LO15-6
Discuss two cross-cultural and three ethical issues in organizational change.