Organizational Change
How to Reduce Resistance to Change
What is Organization Change?
"The methods by which organizations evolve to become more adaptive to pressing economic and social conditions" (Muchinsky, 2012, p. 262).
Participation
- Allow employees to actively participate in the change
- Take suggestions from employees
- Give regular feedback to employees
Support & Commitment
- Top-level management needs to show support and commitment to the change
- A perception of a lack of enthusiasm, support, or commitment will result in resistance
Encouragement
- Encourage employees that change is beneficial to the growth of the company and to individual employees
- Discuss impact of resisting the change
Convenience V. Inconvenience
If an inconvenience is perceived, then employees will resist change
- Decrease inconveniences
- Support change as a way to simplify job tasks
References
Lawrence, P. R. (1969). How to deal with resistance to change. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/1969/01/how-to-deal-with-resistance-to-change
Muchinsky, P. M. (2012). Psychology applied to work (10th ed.). Summerfield, NC: Hypergraphic Press, Inc.