Organizations, by their very nature, are conservative. They actively resist change. There are six major
sources of organizational resistance
1. Structural inertia: Organizations have built-in mechanisms to produce stability; this structural
inertia acts as a counterbalance to sustain stability.
2. Limited focus of change: Organizations are made up of a number of interdependent
subsystems. Changing one affects the others.
3. Group inertia: Group norms may act as a constraint.
4. Threat to expertise: Changes in organizational patterns may threaten the expertise of
specialized groups.
5. Threat to established power relationships: Redistribution of decision-making authority can
threaten long-established power relationships.
6. Threat to established resource allocations: Groups in the organization that control sizable
resources often see change as a threat. They tend to be content with the way things are.
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