Includes a response by Hugh C. Atkinson. Changes will occur, and to resent them makes us less able to make the
necessary adaptations. If the prospect of change fills us with anxiety, the
least we can do is to analyze the situation, determine the worst that can
happen, and try to improve upon that; or, better, we could estimate the
best that might happen and try to enhance the factors that will help to bring
about the best results. The anxious person will run away from change with
the hope that it will disappear. This is clearly a time of coping, not retreating;
it is a time for deliberate movement rather than passive response. The
purpose of this paper is to consider the meaning of change, the process of
change, and the conditions for facilitating change so that both the individual
and the institution can emerge as proactive participants helping to create
the future rather than being shaped by it.
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