Consider the following scenario.

Senior management of a large multinational corporation is planning to restructure the organization. Currently, the organization is decentralized around geographic areas so that the executive responsible for each area has considerable autonomy over manufacturing and sales. The new structure will transfer power to the executives responsible for different product groups; the executives responsible for each geographic area will no longer be responsible for manufacturing in their area but will retain control over sales activities.

Address the following in your discussion:

• Discuss two types of resistance senior management might encounter from this organizational change.
• Employee resistance is a symptom, not a problem, in the change process. What are some of the real problems that may underlie employee resistance?
• Discuss strategies managers might use to overcome resistance to change.

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