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Resistance to Change in Process Management<br />

The Petrobras Case<br />

Alexandre Albuquerque Maranhão de Oliveira<br />

Petrobras/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<br />

a.albuquerque@petrobras.com.br<br />

This paper is based <strong>on</strong> an exploratory case study <strong>on</strong> the implementati<strong>on</strong> of a Business Process<br />

Management (BPM) project within the <strong>Corporate</strong> Communicati<strong>on</strong>s area of Petrobras (Petróleo<br />

Brasileiro S.A)., which is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The main goal was to identify<br />

the causes and manifestati<strong>on</strong>s of resistance to the implementati<strong>on</strong> of BPM projects and share<br />

findings that may be useful to other organizati<strong>on</strong>s in similar situati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />

Keywords: Organizati<strong>on</strong>al change, Resistance to change, Process management.<br />

Abstracts of <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Proceedings</str<strong>on</strong>g>: <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Corporate</strong> Communicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />

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