MGMT-3322 Week 9 Homework Assignment

Briefly describe the difference between a bureaucratic model organization and a behavioral model organization. Consider an organization (such as your workplace, a club or society, a sorority or fraternity, a church, and so on) of which you are a member. In your opinion, is this organization more bureaucratic or more behavioral in its structure? Why?

Some people resist change, whereas others welcome it enthusiastically. To deal with the first group, one needs to overcome resistance to change; to deal with the second, one needs to overcome resistance to stability. What advice can you give a manager facing the former situation (i.e., dealing with people who resist change)?