Diagnosing resistance to change in the change management process

a synchronic and diachronic approach to the change route of address terms in the two recent centuries of persian language

terms of address as an important linguistics items provide valuable information about the interlocutors, their relationship and their circumstances. this study was done to investigate the change route of persian address terms in the two recent centuries including three historical periods of qajar, pahlavi and after the islamic revolution. data were extracted from a corpus consisting 24 novels w...

Change Management and Change Process Model for the Iranian Construction Industry

Changes are inevitable in construction projects. They could lead to disruptive impacts on the quality, schedule and budget of projects. Identifying changes and anticipating their consequences can help project teams mitigate these negative impacts. As a result, a change process model has been defined to improve this procedure. At first the present paper the defines some of the key terms in this ...

Improving Change Management: How Communication Nature Influences Resistance to Change

Change Process Modelling Using the EKD-Change Management Method

The Enterprise Knowledge Development Change Management Method (EKD-CMM) provides a systematic way to organise and to guide the organisational change management. The EKD-CMM road map, implemented in the electronic guide book, describes the different routes to manage change through modelling using EKD-CMM. Roughly speaking a route is a sequence of steps to be followed by the EKDCMM user. Every st...

The Role of Self-Concealment and Alexithymia in Predicting Resistance to Change of Drug Users

Introduction: Addiction is a complex disease characterized by compulsive behaviors, irresistible temptations, drug behaviors, and persistent consumption, even when there are many negative consequences for the individual. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the role of self-concealment and alexithymia in predicting resistance to change of drug users. Material and Methods: This ...