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Automatic Defense Mechanisms to Change
Chanitha De Silva, Marketing, Sri Lanka, Member
What I think is that human beings are reluctant for change by nature. When there is a change taking place around themselves, they will either cope with that or else the automatic defense mechanism will trigger their moods to react in one of the following ways:
1. Aggressive reactions
2. Regressive reactions
3. Identification
4. Withdrawal
5. Repression
6. Autism
7. Rationalization
8. Projection
Therefore I believe that change management is merely connected with motivation of human beings to make them overcome such defense mechanisms, that would make them cope with the change....
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Help Others Overcome Defence Mechanisms
Anthony Houston I like Chanitha's view; I agree that the crux of change management is to help others overcome their defence mechanisms. However unless all of s... |
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Change Management
John G. Hendry Jr., Student (University), United States, Member I personnally agree with Anthony Houston. I like "my way or the highway"...... |
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Automatic Defense Mechanisms and Reactions
Peter A.M. Broosus, Management Consultant, Germany, Member I agree with Chanitha's summary of reactions. However, I disagree with the statement that human beings are reluctant to change by nature. I believe th... |
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Support Your Employees
Rebecca Roe, United States, Member We were introduced to change the day we were born from our mother's womb--rude awakening and we cried. No one likes to have to expend the energ... |
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