Overcoming Change Resistance at Ibm

Organizational change is imperative for the success of any business enterprise. It aims at streamlining the current organizational activities in order to facilitate the realization of the goals and objectives of the organization (IBM, 2009). Its primary objective is to motivate the employees to embrace the changes in the business environment in order to upbeat the competitive nature of the market. Despite organizational change being a solution to most of the problems that are experienced in the current structure of the organization, the key challenge during its implementation is change resistance. Therefore, this implies that the change implementation strategy should put into consideration the issues associated with change resistance in order to eliminate the risk factors associated with resistance to change. In the current situation at the IBM, the implementation of change is bound to experience resistance from the inside employees (Petch, 2009). This paper outlines the change management strategies that the IBM should deploy in order to overcome the change resistance. In addition, the paper will provide an overview the possible causes of change resistance within the IBM and provide the most effective change approach that best suits the IBM.

Why employees resist change

It is important to note most individuals are not receptive to change, solely because they do not like being subjected to new environments and the challenges that are associated with implementing change such as the long durations for adaptability and the need to alter the organizational culture that was part of them. Within the IBM, people perceive the adoption of change as a more risky venture than the present state of affairs. With such perception, it is difficult to motivate people to actually embrace the change that they do not know the outcome. Another significant reason for change resistance within the IBM is that people are somewhat connected to the present system and they are more used to...