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Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Organizational Behavior
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
1. a) Identification of the reasons that lead the employees to be resistant towards the change
regarding the open plan office approach.........................................................................................3
b) Ways that might have done by the partner to reduce the resistance power of the employees....5
2. a) Analysis of the barriers of the communication in the law firm...............................................6
b) Ways to overcome the communication barriers..........................................................................7
3 a) Discussion of the sources of power of the partners and its impact on employees...................8
b) Discussion of the effectiveness of influence tactics....................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Organizational behavior refers to the interaction of a group of people within an
organization. However, in order to develop the business performance it is essential to improve
the organizational behavior (Gelfand et al. 2017). This study deals with the interaction of the
staffs in a fast growing law firm. The founders of such firm were Own Cheetham and Jack
Wynne. This organization is specialized for the commercial law and employees are present from
different backgrounds like finance and banking insurance organization. However, the maximum
employees are white males in this organization while some younger women are present in the
administrative departments. However, this organization has opened a new office opposite to the
harbor and some employees show resistance towards the new changes in the organization.
Employees are facing different issues in their new office, which hampers the effectiveness of the
business. Hence, the owners need to concentrate on such problem to run the business.
1. a) Identification of the reasons that lead the employees to be resistant towards the change
regarding the open plan office approach
Employee resistance is a common factor that often hampers the business of an
organization (Vasu et al. 2017). However, Owen and Jack have established a law firm in
Auckland office. The lawyers have the opportunity to go O'Connell club at every Friday
afternoon to eat, drink and play snooker. However, this opportunity is only for the male as a
result, the female candidates complain about this. The owners have moved their firm into a new
building as it provides the employees more flexibility and good working environment for the
teamwork. During the lunch near the office, Jack and Owen have discussed the responses of their
employees regarding their new office. It has been found that some seniors executives become

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resistant to this new change as they have lost their position due to change of their new offices.
On the other hand, the online system of booking in the new office is not working accurately that
is the big reason for their resistance. On the other hand, Cathy who is the junior partner of this
firm has created the playpen to encourage the employees. According to Jack, this useless
approach hampers the business.
Comfort level of the employees is a prime area of the business, which motivates the
employees in their work (Lam et al. 2017). Some secretaries become resistant to this new change
as in the new office premises they are not able to talk with their boyfriends and the things are not
as like as earlier that they used to get in their previous office. However, according to the case
study, staffs are facing challenges in the new office that makes them resistant to this particular
change. On the other hand, an issue is created between the Chinese and Indian staffs. Some
employees are happy with the new changes while some prefer their old office premises. Such
reasons lead the employees to show resistance in their new opening. According to Mai Ling who
is an employee of such firm is not satisfied with this change regarding the open plan stuff as she
has to go outside to talk with her boyfriend, which is too costly. However, it is difficult to talk
with a close one in the new office premises as there is no privacy. This leads the employees to
become resistant to this change. On the other hand, the shops are too far from this new office as
well as the cafes beside it is much expensive.
Application of the social media during the office hours is very restricted in many business
sectors that are a big reason for employee resistance (Peltokorpi et al. 2017). In the present
scenario, the employees are restricted to use the social media in the office premises that
demotivate them and they think that their personal work is interrupted through this process. This
makes them uncomfortable in the new environment. On the other hand, according to some