3.Why does change so frequently become a political issue in organizations?
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because everyone's afraid of it and wants something done about it
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Currently, the best thing about politics is we are seeing a lot of true colors across the board. Politicians that are solid are starting to rise above.\n\nThe biggest problem with politics is the average voter is emotionally attached to their party.
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It's really all politics. No matter how much you try to avoid it, politics plays a part in an office enviroment. It's who you know and how well you get along with them.
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Many people don't like different things or things that cause change.  People are creatures of habit and, sadly, become so fixed in their habits and opinions that they don't like anything that isn't like them. \n\nIt is sad but I think it is slowly changing.
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Situational leadership can have a great impact on organizational change if that leader (manager) has a good deal of situational experience related to sheparding change into a company. It will obviously impact the change on a macro-level because the proper planning can be done. But it may have an even bigger impact on a micro-level. Change is usually seen as a very personal thing and is handled differently by different people (this is often the reason people resist). If your situational leader has a good amount of change experience (or experience in why the change is a good thing) they can help get some very tough individuals over the "hump" and migrate to the change...
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A politician starts out wanting to change\nthe world and make it a better place, but\nalmost always gets caught up with the\nsystem which causes him or her to believe\nthe only way they will be reelected is to\nthrow out catch phrases that will not\noffend anyone.  Democrats and Republicans\nboth have lost sight of what their party and\nfor that matter their country stands for.\nDemocrats blame Republicans and vice-versa\nand neither is willing to take political risks.
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Different people have different ambitions and they are not always in sync with that of organization, hence all these problems. Basically people are plain stupid, simple.
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The slogan 'time for a change' makes me nervous when it is not followed by what the change will be and how it will affect me.  Sometimes change for the sake of change can bring drastic results.\n\nSince I cannot do anything but vote I'll do that and hope for the best no matter who wins.
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People are sick of the way things are going... Everyones being affected by some of the things our governments done... Most not in a good way... People want change. Simple as that
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The problem with politics is money.  Congressmen get money from the lobbyists if they support their cause.  The law needs to be changed so congressmen will start voting and passing laws that benefit our country instead of their personal views and money.
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People change all the time.  Sometimes the things you value the most fluctate, or other things become more important.
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If you are speaking of an established business process, it will make things a lot easier to have one when implementing new tech. If you have processes that are constantly changing, your needs will change a lot, and this will call for changes in technology. You can sometimes get technology to work for more than one purpose, but it will not be nearly as efficient if the process changes frequently.
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Everything changes. My socio-political views are vastly different than they were before the Viet Nam war.\n\nI prefer to consume information from all points of the political compass rather than be one of the lemmings being preached to by the choir. I get info from Fox News, NBC, ABC, CBS, Christian Science Monitor, PBS...you name it, I'll read it. Then I put it through my BS filter and do my best to get a truer picture than what just one or two news outlets would present. I hate the thought of falling into line on an issue based on political bias.
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I have noticed this too.  I don't understand why things have grown so polarized.  I have a strong political persuasion as well (which I will not disclose) and I hate to see my favorite party insulting the other party.  It makes them look stupid.  I think that there needs to be a 3rd, more moderate party thrown into the mix to get these two sides to get along.
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It may not cause big changes in a short amount of time...but you never know when, where, or how you may influence another rational mind, and thereby ignite change.\nI'm thankful to Yahoo for giving us the means to express our opinions here.
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People change because they're very resilient and our survival instinct helps us adapt to the surroundings we are in.  This applies to the physical environment and even the culture of the society there.
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As much as modern organizations would like to think things have changed, in reality the organizational pyramid is alive and well, with the workers on the bottome, supervisors in the middle, and managers on top.  While there is some cross functional work meaning managers doing tasks(remember the typing pool and "take a letter" days) the vast majority of decision making regarding the goals of the organization, future outlook, rules and regulations, are still done by upper management.  Organizatons tout the idea that "it's their people that make the difference" yet in reality, "their people" are no better than anyone else's people.  For all the hoopla about pushing decision making to the people closet to the work, for cross functional teaming, for empowering the worker, look around and see if that is really occurring where you work.  Modern Times still makes us laugh because not much has changed and the modern worker can relate to it, just as the worker 70 years ago did.