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An Internet Article Review on Managing Change

This paper will examine Scott Simmerman’s article, “Teaching the Caterpillar to Fly – Some Ideas on Managing Change (1999).” Resistance to change from the viewpoint of a highly resistant caterpillar will be discussed. The value of people as idea generators in discussion type settings will be identified as a benefit of diversity. This benefit when put to work in a team setting can lead to improvements which the Dilbert cartoon illustrates are so globally needed. Including people in the improvement process helps them overcome the natural resistance response to change allowing them to transition from caterpillar to butterfly.
“People will often resist change because they are comfortable with how things are, right now. By identifying Square wheels and Round Wheels, we increase discomfort with the way things are and we make change more likely” (Simmerman, 1999, p. 12). This author can relate to this in the work center that she currently finds herself employed. With the ...

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