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Effective management of resistance change within an organization

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Effective management of resistance change within an organization

Resistance to change is an act whereby one opposes the modifications or the

transformations organizational planning sets up to achieve the organizational objectives and

goals. PG industries are planning to make some changes, but the employees are not up to it.

(Lawrence, 1970). The most effective methods to manage this change are; benchmarking, use of

a resource person, top management to put more effort into meeting with the staffs and assuring

the employees they will not lose their job despite the implementation of the new program.

Benchmarking is a measure of the performance of a given company or a business

considered to be among the best in the industry. The management at PG industries should

organize a benchmarking on industries where the new training program performance is at its

best; this will enable the senior employees to view the new training program to be implemented

positively.

A resource person is an expert who offers education to people or staff in an organization

on a specific program upon the implementation. The senior management should organize a

resource person to come and offer some talks to the entire staff and employees on the importance

of adopting the new program in the manufacturing department. A resource person, because of the

knowledge he has on the new training program, then it is clear the employees will change their

attitude towards the new training program.

Top management to put more effort into meeting the staffs and employees and discuss the

impacts that shall be realized from the new training program in the manufacturing department. In

their discussion, they should point out what the new program entails about, on the same note,

what are the benefits an employee will most likely get from the new implementation.
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Employees usually resist anything that they feel might be threatening their job security

(Quain, 2019). The changes from the department of manufacturing to the employees seem to be a

threat to their job, which is why they oppose the implementations of the new program training.

Before initiating the implementation of the new training program, the management of PG

industries should assure its employees of the safety of their job; due to this, the employees will

be flexible for any suggested change by the management.

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Lawrence, P. (1970). How to Deal with Resistance to Change. Journal Of Occupational And

Environmental Medicine, 12(5), 191. https://doi.org/10.1097/00043764-197005000-

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Quain, S. (2019). What Causes Resistance to Change in an Organization. Chron. Retrieved 24

June 2021, from https://smallbusiness.chron.com/causes-resistance-change-organization-

347.html.
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