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One of the most critical factors for project success is to be able to identify and manage resistance to change. Project managers can classify resistance as “professional resistance” or “personal resistance.” “Professional resistance occurs when each functional unit, as a whole, feels threatened by project management” (Kerzner, 2017, p. 71).

Review Tables 2.9–2.12 (pp. 73–74) of the Kerzner text (linked in Resources). Select one of the tables (type of Resistance) and provide your own experiences:

• Identify the type of resistance you selected.
• Describe your own causes of resistance.
• Describe the mitigation strategies you employed to overcome resistance.
• Identify what, if anything, you would have done differently, based on your readings.

Topic Resources

If you have little or no background in business, you may find the following resources helpful in providing some foundational knowledge on this week’s topic:

• Parker, D., Verlinden, A., Nussey, R., Ford, M., & Pathak, R. D. (2013). Critical evaluation of project-based performance management: Change intervention integration. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 62(4), 407–419.
• Michels, E., Grijó, P. E. A., Machado, E., & Selig, P. M. (2012). Knowledge management, project integration and corporate sustainability: Is there a link? Journal of Project, Program & Portfolio Management, 3(2), 17–27. Retrieved from http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/pp…

If the topic this week is one you are interested in knowing more about, the following resources may be just what you are looking for:

• Cârstea, C.-G. (2014). IT project management – cost, time and quality. Economy Transdisciplinarity Cognition, 17(1), 28–34.
• Dinsmore, P. C., & Cabanis-Brewin, J. (Eds.). (2014). The AMA handbook of project management (4th ed.). New York, NY: Amacom Books.
• Epstein, D., & Maltzman, R. (2013). Project workflow management: A business process approach. Plantation, FL: J. Ross Publishing.
• Eskerod, P., & Jepsen, A. L. (2013). Project stakeholder management. Burlington, VT: Gower.
• Hoffmann, E. C. (Ed.). (2013). Project management: Practices, challenges and developments. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
• Microsoft. (n.d.). Microsoft Project 2016: Setting up costs for resources [Tutorial]. Skillsoft.
• Zink, D. (2015, July 13). Project management: On time, below budget. Sarasota Herald Tribune, p. 14.