Module: Organisational Change Management ELEMENT # 2: 1100-words Resistance to Change – How and why do change agents need to use different skills to reduce the negative impact of political behaviour during organisational change?  Title of Assignment - (How and why do change agents need to use different skills to reduce the negative impact of political behaviour during organisational change?). 
  Table of Contents. (Not in word count)  Abstract. (Not in word count)  Introduction. 
 1100-words  Discussion: (Headings and sub headings.)  Conclusions. 
  References list. 
(Not in word count)  Bibliography list 
(Not in word count) Abstract  To introduce the topic.
  To describe how you did the research.
  To discuss the results of what was done.  To explain the implications of the results. Introduction Define and discuss Organisation and Organisational Change. Discuss Organisations as Political Entities. Define and discuss Politics, Political Behaviour and Power. Compare it to Negative Power and Politics. Mention about the illegitimate use of Power. Define and Discuss the roles and functions of a change agent - Political Role. 1. Define Resistance to Change. 2. Why do Change Agents need to pay attention to it. 
 3. When does it appear? 
 4. Leadership. 
 5. Political Behaviour Matrix. 
 6. How to handle Resistance to Change. 
 7. Change Readiness – Lewin’s Model.
 8. How to Manage Emotions and Conflict. 9. The Thomas-Killman Model.
 10. Management of Change Models. Conclusion Ensure that you provide definitive conclusions based on the discussions prior.  Recap on the use of different skills by change agents to reduce the negative impact of political behaviour during organisational change?  Why manage negative behaviours.  Do a critical Analysis: 1. Not all political behaviour, emotions and resistance are negative. 2. Are there any positive outcomes?? Reference List Format: You should catalogue or organise a system for capturing the following information: author(s), date, title, place of publication and publisher. If you take notes from your sources, keep a record of the page number as well as the source. 
  Whenever you quote directly from a reference source you must provide the page number in your citation. 
  This should be in alphabetical order! 
  All theorist/authors used in the document must be in the reference list. 
 Note: a BIBLIOGRAPHY list must also be done for this assignment with the SAME FORMAT AS the REFERENCE LIST. Additional Instruction for completing your assignment with the use of key words • Transitional and linking words Linking words are important. If you are grouping together writers with similar opinions, you would use words or phrases such as: similarly, in addition, also, again , adds, emphasizes, says, writes, claims, comments, notes, discusses, contends, suggests, asserts, believes, proposes, speculates, points out, emphasizes, agrees, confirms, argues, confers, aver, expresses, indicates, alludes, infers, discusses, contrasts, contravenes, proclaims, echoes, avows, discredits, explains, dissects, appeases, contrariwise, converses, contrasts... • If there is disagreement…. More importantly, if there is disagreement, you need to indicate clearly that you are aware of this by the use of linkers such as: 
  However, on the other hand, conversely, nevertheless, disagrees, on the contrary, challenges, opposes, differs, departs, criticize etc... 
  If when introducing someone's opinion, don't use "says", but instead an appropriate verb which more accurately reflects this viewpoint, such as "argues", "claims" or "states". Use the present tense for general opinions and theories, or the past when referring to specific research or experiments.