Requirements of Facing Change Resistance in Damietta University from Its Faculty Members’ Points of View

Aly S Gohar,Mayada M F El-Basil,Mohammed H Gomaa

doi:10.4236/ce.2018.916208

Abstract

This research aimed to address Change Resistance phenomenon in Damietta University from its faculty members’ points of views and the requirements of facing this phenomenon. The research also examined the concept of Change Resistance and change resistance manifestations, change resistance types in Damietta University and the proposed vision to deal with this resistance. Then the research concluded to effective mechanisms through which trend towards change acceptance in Damietta University is promoted. The research analyzed change resistance reality in Damietta University by a specialized field study. The field study revealed that change resistance is the most prominent feature of the faculty members due to several reasons which are considered the major hindrance of change acceptance. The current study offered a proposed vision of change resistance requirements to promote the trend towards development and change among the faculty members of Damietta University in the light of the field study results.

Highlights

No one denies that Egypt seeks university excellence
The field study revealed that change resistance is the most prominent feature of the faculty members due to several reasons which are considered the major hindrance of change acceptance
The current study offered a proposed vision of change resistance requirements to promote the trend towards development and change among the faculty members of Damietta University in the light of the field study results

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No one denies that Egypt seeks university excellence. This excellence that driven by the conviction that “Education” is the key of progress and advancement, and that university is the main guarantor of this excellence. This desired change is the hope towards building modern university system. Nations work on building their promising future through tough will of change for better. This desired change is not just fantasy, but visions and realistic frameworks being built according to standardized methodology and shifted from the strategic planning framework into realistic applied framework in order to make these visions a new reality achieving mutations at all levels of the entire state sectors (Mushier, 2013)

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