'We can love change and view it as an essential feature of life; it does not mean that we always welcome it” (Hughes, 2006).1.0 IntroductionIn response to environmental changes, current organizational change has reached an irreversible trend. As stated by M. M Beer (2003), “Change is part of organizational life and is essential to progress. Those who know how to anticipate, catalyze and manage it will find their careers and businesses more satisfying and successful. However, more than half of organizational changes ended in failure. The main reason is not lack of staff capacity or lack of company resources, but resistance to organizational change. In fact, resistance to change is inevitable as a main element of change management. David Foote (2001) once said that “resistance to change is one of the nastiest and most debilitating cancers in the workplace.” It makes sense in a way. The existence of resistance to change means that businesses cannot navigate easily, giving business leaders or change organizers a realistic and serious change management task. In this sense, business leaders must be aware that resistance to change could have a negative effect on the change process. In order to ensure the smooth running of change, companies must properly manage changes, identify the reasons for the formation of resistance to change and adopt appropriate methods to exclude resistance; At the same time, business leaders should also note that resistance to change is not entirely destructive, it can translate into a positive and constructive factor under good management. The existence of resistance to change allows business management...... middle of paper ......individual is different. Unless employees are fully convinced, it is unrealistic for managers to expect employees to change the status quo and make a positive difference. 7.0 Bibliography Dent, E and Goldberg, S. (1999). Challenge “resistance to change”. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 25-41. Folger, R & Skarlicki, D. (1999). Injustice and resistance to change: difficulty as mistreatment. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 35-50.http://www.hroot.com/contents/22/15145.html - accessed 9/03/2010http://www.lexjansen.com/pharmasug/2000/techtech/ tt16.pdf - accessed 03/09/2010http://triadllc.com/pdf/ManagingResistance.pdf - accessed 03/10/2010http://qm2.org/mbriefs/92.html - accessed 03/12/ 2010http://changingminds.org/disciplines/change_management/resistance_change/sign_resistance.htm - accessed by 12/03/2010