1. As a manager, how would you deal with resistance to change when you suspect employees’ fears of job loss are well founded?
2. To tap into the experience of battle-tested soldiers, the U.S. Army recently began encouraging personnel from all ranks to go online and collaboratively rewrite some of the Army’s field manuals in a Wikipedia-like fashion. When the rank and file showed little interest, one retired colonel suggested top leaders should make soldiers participate. Does coercion seem like a good way to implement this type of change? Discuss.
3. Do the underlying values of OD differ from assumptions associated with other types of change? Discuss.