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The processes of power are pervasive, complex, and often disguised in our society.

— John R. P. French

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A majority of all grievances presented at Harwood have always stemmed from a change situation.

From the point of view of factory management, there were two purposes to the research: (1) Why do people resist change so strongly? and (2) What can be done to overcome this resistance?

On the basis of the preliminary theory that resistance to change is a combination of an individual reaction to frustration with strong group-induced forces it seemed that the most appropríate methods for overcoming the resistance to change would be group methods

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