Resistance to Change at Disney PDF

**Resistance to Change at Disney** Resistance to change often occurs in businesses when stakeholders are fearful of the changes being made. Bob Iger is planning to change the organisational structure and how things operate at Disney to make the business more efficient and reduce costs. This could...

**Resistance to Change at Disney** Resistance to change often occurs in businesses when stakeholders are fearful of the changes being made. Bob Iger is planning to change the organisational structure and how things operate at Disney to make the business more efficient and reduce costs. This could result in some Disney employees being unhappy with the changes being made if this results in redundancies or a change to familiar working practices to reduce costs. The size of the organisation could have an impact on the level of resistance met by Bob Iger Disney is a very large business with over 220,000 employees in a variety of departments. This could result in the changes being implemented taking a long time to spread throughout Disney further creating resistance from employees Bob Iger has stated that he wants to make the changes quickly The speed of the change could create resistance to change by employees if they think this is happening too fast for them to adapt. However, Iger may not face much resistance to his changes or might be able to manage the situation to reduce any negative impact on Disney Resistance usually occurs when the change is not shared or understood by employees. Bob Iger has informed employees well ahead of schedule about his planned changes therefore this could encourage stakeholders to be open about any concerns that they have. Giving employees an opportunity to voice their concerns could help Bob Iger implement the restructuring with little resistance if the changes are fully explained Bob Iger has previously been the CEO for 15 years at Disney therefore has great understanding of the organisational culture within the different areas of Disney. Bob Iger was cheered by employees which shows that many employees trust his leadership and welcome his return. He stated that he wants to restructure Disney to honour and respect the creativity of the business demonstrating a real understanding of what motivates Disney employees. His experience and familiarisation with Disney and its employees could result in much less resistance from employees. Share prices in Disney rose by 9% after the announcement of Iger\'s reinstatement showing that the markets believe he has the ability to regenerate Disney and its vision The overall resistance to change will depend very much on Iger\'s management ability to motivate employees and whether employees share the same vision to help change be successful