You have been hired as an organization development consultant for a medium size manufacturing company. After analyzing the company, you suggest some change initiativesto be implemented in the organization. Several of the senior employees are not happy about the change and have provided several valid reasons to back their claim that the change will not be successful. Some consultants believe that resistance to change may actually be good for a change initiative while others disagree. Discuss the impact (both positive and negative) change resistance can have on the implementation of a new initiative.

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With the technological advancements that are taking over the business world making changes to adapt to them is almost becoming inevitable. Our consultant agency has proposed some changes, but some senior employees are resisting the change. Resistance to change can have both positive and negative impacts on the organization. One of the positive effects of resisting change is that it sometimes saves time and extra costs (Muo, 2014). If for example a new system is introduced to a company the employees needs to be trained on how to implement it effectively. This process of training takes time and extra costs, but by resisting the changes, the company is saved some additional spending…