Chapter 2 The challenge of evidence-based strategy development: Linkages between evidence, policy and practice

3 Assessing the context 3.3 Potential limitations and risks 3.3.6 Potential resistance to change

Given that the Strategy proposes a different way of doing things, which has cost, time and human resource implications, it is likely that the change will be met with resistance. Organisational theory says change is threatening, and organisations develop ‘defensive routines and reasoning' that are ‘dangerous to organisational learning and effectiveness' and that manifest themselves as resistance to change (Argyris 1985).