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    of Change Someone once said “Don’t fear change, change fear.” This is saying: it is ok to be afraid, but don’t let fear change who you are. In the book Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, the fear of change is something that occurs often. A change in a society’s norms, is often feared, because change often mean the loss of current values that may hold a group together. Change in everything is scary, whether it’s a change in a personally or a big eventful change. These types of changes occur

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    Introduction The definition of change according to the Webster dictionary is “to become different or to make someone or something different.” John P Kotter writes that change is always about “changing the behavior of people” (preface XII) Kotter explains that change is a concept that is used by organizations to restructure or improve their business behavior. Many companies find it difficult to initiate change due to the lack of motivate employees or leaders. In his book Kotter proposes eight

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    What does change have to do with humans? Change can either have everything to do with people, nothing at all, or sometimes even both. To elaborate, change can be natural, it can be caused by people, or it can happen as a result of humans and the environment blended together. As for natural change, it can happen without human involvement. Time is a splendid example of natural change. People keep track of time in numerous ways, yet still, there is nothing one can do to stop it. Time is ongoing; it

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    striped bass, lobster, and scallops (“Climate Change Impacts in Massachusetts”). Flooding can result in a detrimental habitat shift where the aquatic creatures migrate away from the city’s harbor and disease impedes on their strength (“Climate Change Impacts in Massachusetts”). Without the local species of fish and crustaceans Boston thrives on, the market will be lost. The appeal of shellfish will decline because of their impending diseases due to the abrupt habitat damage. Like Boston’s once faithful

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    Change The forever pressing concept of change is codependent of the ability to accept change and the imminence that it will occur. Both “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and “A Rose for Emily” are perfect examples of how the resistance of change it futile for it is determined to happen. There are a considerable amount of events present in both literature pieces that give the essence that regardless of how strongly defiance is given; change is eternal. The twain stories “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and

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    In the book Prodigy By Marie Lu, the main character, June, changes throughout the story due to the events of regaining the Republic’s trust, the war, working for the Patriots, and slowly finding the truth, as she is changing from her old life. Although June goes through many changes throughout the story, she was someone else before all of the events happened. At the same time of the change June went through, she still was a different person before the events, as on page 64 the text says, “He goes

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    go through change in their lives and everybody has a different way of dealing with them. Change can be good and beneficial to some people but to others it can really be difficult. Change has really allowed us to grow mentally, because we have gained new knowledge from experiencing new things. There are so many different changes that have taken place over the year such as new music, dances and advancements in technology, and we have all been able to learn and live with them. Another change that happens

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    Things that can cause a significant change in someone’s life are generosity, realization, and never giving up. The first thing that can cause a significant change is generosity. For example, in the story Thank You M’am, Mrs. Jones helps Roger and gives him money. Roger becomes better person and promises not to steal, because she helped him. Another reason is in the story At the Crossroads, Nick gets money and food from other people on his journey, but decides to give to other people who need it

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    Introduction “Change within a business or organization is inevitable and even necessary. “For many years, the world of business has experienced an increasing rate of change” (Baack, 2012). With different changes there will be challenges. Organizations and their workers face many challenges in the workplace. So when employees hear the word “change”, their first reaction is anxiety or reluctance. This comes from the fear of change. Resistance to Change In my current place of employment change is constant

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    Have you ever done one thing that changes everything? Are you the one who always makes it worse? Or are you the one who makes it better? Most people think change can be hard or easy, but it can also be unavoidable. In the book, The Seventh Most Important Thing, Arthur goes through hard changes and even easy ones too. One way Arthur has to go through change is because he has to go through a change with going to juvie. Another way Arthur has to go through change is because of his friends fading away

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