Organizational Change In Who Moved My Cheese?

In the work environment, organizational change can affect employee satisfaction, productivity, and overall success of the company. Organizations can change in structure, work process, and culture. Since change is inevitable in any situation, it is important to deal with change effectively and adapt to achieve positive results. For some employees, change in the workplace may cause them stress and lead them to become resistant to change. Leaders of an organization can help employees adapt to new situations by fully communicating changes made, respecting their thoughts and feelings, and providing an adequate amount of time for them to adjust to changes made. The novel, Who Moved My Cheese?, is about 4 characters who live in a maze and look for cheese. The cheese represents people’s wants in life such as happiness and success. The maze symbolizes our physical environment, such as the organization you work in. In the story, these four characters are forced to deal with some unexpected change when the cheese is missing. Although each character deals with change differently, each of them find their way through the maze and succeed in the end.
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In the beginning of my transition, I felt a close relation to Sniff because he is always very aware of the environment surrounding him and gets excited about creating new opportunities and ideas to achieve success in the long run. However, after gaining more and more responsibilities, I feel a stronger connection with Scurry because I’m so driven to get things done as efficiently as possible to accomplish all of my goals. Also, since I’m so focused on achieving all of my tasks in a short timespan, I’m not able to sense upcoming changes as well as I used to. Overall, my transition exemplifies traits of Sniff and Scurry because they are both excited about new opportunities and thrive in fast-paced, changing