1. Explain the personalities of Hem, Haw, Sniff and Scurry? Explain why they behave a certain way. The video "Who Moved My Cheese?" includes four characters who enter the maze in search of cheese. Sniff and Scurry are both proactive as they measure the condition of the cheese and keep their running shoes around their necks instead of throwing them aside after finding the first cheese station. This shows that they expect some changes in the future and are ready to face all kinds of situations. Mice intend to spend more time running around and searching for a new cheese rather than planning, thinking and analyzing the situation before starting the search. However, their spontaneity saves them time and gets them to their destination faster (Hubpages, 2014). The mice adapt to changes in cheese levels at the first station because they have no emotional influence on their decision making. Their protocols for navigating the maze are simply based on trial and error where Sniff points in the general direction of the cheese and Scurry runs ahead to locate the cheese. This behavior also applies to the adaptation process. To summarize, Sniff and Scurry are the type of individuals who take immediate action before thinking about how to implement change. The other two characters are the little humans: Hem and Haw. Hem manipulates the situation to make it controllable and systematic, leading to rigidity and greater resistance to change (Sisney, 2013). Having a fixed mindset does not allow him to be influenced by any external factor. However, the creation of such a system leads to inflexibility, rigidity and a pessimistic nature as it prefers to stand still rather than look for a new s...... middle of paper ...... Change of an organization. Small business. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/negative-effects-resistance-change-organization-24340.htmlChange Management Consultant. (n.d.). Kurt Lewin's Theory of Phase Change 3. Retrieved from http://www.change-management-consultant.com/kurt-lewin.htmlLewin, K. (1947). Frontiers in group dynamics. In Cartwright, D. (ed.), Field Theory in the Social Sciences. London: Social Science Paperbacks. Sisney, L. (2013). Who moves my cheese and the four forces. Organizational Physics. Retrieved from http://organizationalphysics.com/2013/04/01/who-moved-my-cheese-and-the-four-forces/"Who moved my cheese?" (2014). Hubpages. Retrieved from http://informationshelte.hubpages.com/hub/Book-review-Who-moved-my-cheeseWilliams, C., & McWillams, A. (2010). Innovation and change. In MGMT (1st ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning.