Org Behavior

Evaluations Pertaining to the Similarities and

Differences by that of Invancha and Kotter

Dr. Richard

July 21, 2010

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University: Summer 2010

MNGT 5590: Organizational Behavior

Introduction

With organizational behavior being a very important topic in today’s society, it is still in the empirical stages of growth and development. Since organizations exist in societies in which they are created within, it is imperative to understand the behavior of people in organizations (Inv 11,15). In a book published by John Kotter, Leading Change mimics those ideas presented to us by Invachnavich and his fellow associates. Kotter affirms that the study or organizational behavior will continue to grow in the preceding decades considering the impact it has on organizations and firms. With the extreme factors of competition and globalization, firms will be motivated to reduce costs and locate new opportunities for growth (Kotter, 3). Invacavich also discusses the ideas of employee productivity and the quality of life and job stresses. Analyzing employee’s behavior in organizations, individual or group productivity, and authority are all relative to this neoteric study (Invanch, 11). In an attempt to understand why individuals and organizations resist the need for change, Kotter outlines an eight-stage process critical in implementing change in today’s society; which include, establishing a sense of urgency, creating the guiding coalition, developing a vision and strategy, communicating the change vision, empowering employees for broad-based action, generating short-term wins, consolidating gains and producing more change, and anchoring new approaches in the culture (kotter, 16). In a similar field of study presented to us by Incvacha, we will evaluate the material pertaining to the similarities and differences by that of Invancha and Kotter.

Discussion

In the eight-step process in implementing change, Kotter explains that a sense of urgency is demanded in...