operational excellence 1

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Anusha Pandey 

Week 1- Discussion

COLLAPSE

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With the change in the market and external environment, organizations also need to change to sustain it. The organization has to change its strategy and internal environment to cope up with the outside market. It is not always easy to change and adapt to changing surroundings. Mostly, employees find it difficult to adapt themselves to the change in the workplace. The resistance to changes occurs when employees don't feel like changing their usual routine or job duty. They find the change challenging and difficult to adapt to the changing surroundings. Resistance to change can intensify if employees think they are involved in a series of changes that have had insufficient support to gain the anticipated results. These also include "little" changes that continuously take places, such as changes in work methods, routine office procedures, the location of a machine or a desk, personnel assignments, and job titles. They also become weary when changes happen too frequently, becoming a flavor-of-the-month instead of strategic action. When an organization frequently changes without consulting the employee, it will separate your employees and drag down their morale.  One of the best ways to minimize resistance to change is through communication. The way you communicate the change to the employee greatly impacts how much resistance to change will occur (Heathfield, 2021). Resistance to change can be minimized when a change is introduced with many discussions and employee involvement. Resistance to change is easy to see when employees are involved in making the change Employees are more likely to resist social change, which is the change in their human relationships than the technical change. Therefore, employees' proper communication and involvement must reduce the negative connotations when dealing with change. The management must have regular interaction with the employees' representatives so that they can also convince the employees about the effectiveness and profitability of implementing the changes. Besides, managers may provide rewards to the employees if they show generous support throughout the change implementation journey. Taking employee feedback into account can help improve the chances of success. 

Reference

Heathfield, S. (2021). How to Reduce Employee Resistance to Change. 

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