Lack Support From Middle Management

Lower level of members within an organisation who have a low level of trust don’t believe that higher management will create favourable outcomes and the individual with low level of trust will need to take further action.

This portrays illustrates that the company ignored importance of the mission and goals that were currently in effect for of the departments currently in effect, the needs of employees which they are serving, evaluation of each department’s organizational structure, development of staff, and relationships among departments and the recommendations for change that they proposed.

professionally, they might not have faith in the management of the organisation or think that

When employees are unwilling to accept change there is a strong possibility that they don’t understand the change or do not understand why it is being suggested or implemented. At this time is when communication is essential in letting the employees know what the changes are trying to accomplish and what their roles are during the change. As a manager it is crucial to have an understanding of the employees you oversee and to know what to expect when they are confused and concerned about procedural changes. The overall morale of the organization will be good if the employees are kept involved in both the planning and the implementation of any changes.

The solution adopted by many companies is to move toward greater delegation. Yet it is difficult for top managers to give up responsibility. And lower-level managers are not accustomed for making decisions for themselves. As a result many companies struggle during this revolutionary period, because many lower level employees leave the organization since they stick to centralized methods.

The more active the participants are in the planning, the less resistance there will be later (Sullivan & Decker). If staff does not trust leadership, does not share the organization's vision, does not buy into the reason for change, and aren't included in the planning, there will be no successful change, regardless of how brilliant the strategy (Goman, 2000). How people react to change is important to understand. Change takes an emotional toll on people, some more than others. It is important not to underestimate that toll and understand who will have a harder time adapting to change. Fear of change has many roots. Those roots can be a lack of trust, fear of failure, fear of loss of income or a belief that the change is unnecessary (Sullivan & Decker). By understanding the reason for the resistance a manager can help the employee overcome his or her fear and become a supporter of the change. The last two steps are to provide feedback mechanisms to keep everyone informed of the progress of change and evaluate the effectiveness of change (Sullivan & Decker). People need to be kept informed of the change process to minimize anxiety. Sometimes there are unexpected consequences to the change, and it is important to have a system in place for those consequences to be discussed and if needed more changes made in order to accommodate those consequences.

Management has changed significantly over the past 50 years. The role of leaders in an organization is an ever changing thing. At one point, a manager was also the owner of the company, and thus used a carrot and a stick to get his employees to work, just like a parent personally invested in the raising of their child. Not anymore. Nowadays, leaders are there to “serve” their employees. The focus is on motivating the individual, achieving organizational goals by integrating each and every individual into the system. We no longer rely on a one size fits all approach, and management theory is no longer focused on having a winning philosophy, or motivating large groups.

Some employees resisted the change which happened during the prior restructure where management was downsized

maintains a threshold level of performance, top level managers are less inclined to address the

If organizational leaders disregard this concept as a priority due to competing priorities, then the non-rating backlog will continue to increase.

If managers cannot adapt a leadership style when required then staff will become unengaged and have low morale. Not recognising their own role in the organisation or the vision of organisation and where it wants to be.

& Judge, T.A., 2009, pp. 75). In another position, I felt that I was not being managed correctly. My other co-workers felt the same way and I ended up becoming their “manager” instead. We had just gotten a fresh new manager to our store that made very drastic changes in little time. The changes were accepted because our store drastically needed it but the way of which it went about was handled incorrectly. The way she managed everyone was set in stone and nothing was tailored to individual learning styles. She was focused on getting things done the wrong way just because they needed to be done and she didn’t want to see the “bigger picture” (Balch, D) which was doing them correctly so we wouldn’t have to redo it down the road when everything came together. I basically became the manager that employees followed and it was difficult. Not only was I doing my job, but also I had to manage everyone else and I had never held a managerial role

Personal impact and fear of change are not the only causes of resistance by individuals during a change to business practices. The lack of respect and negative attitudes can also lead to employees resisting business change. If an employee lacks respect or has a negative attitude towards a person or department leading the change, then there are more likely to oppose the new ideas being implemented. Poor communication greatly impacts individuals’ accepted to new practices in a company. Typically if an employee is given new behaviors to adopt, but is given no reason, then that employee may reject the change. Upper management must effectively relate the value, need and benefit of the change to help get employees on board with new changes. The lack of individual input can also lead to resistance. Some individuals feel the need to be included in new ideas. When employees are not asked to be involved in changes, they may lack the vision of importance or will to change. A heavier workload can also cause opposition among employees. Employees may not embrace more systems and requirements needed

When organizational changes are announced, particularly when there is downsizing involved, employees generally divide into one of two groups: those who will attempt to control their fate and those who want to get out before the changes occur. The group taking control will usually dig in, increase their productivity, hit their deadlines and do everything they can to shine in front of their managers hoping they will sail through the changes with their job intact. The remaining employees cope with the changes by avoiding them. You may see these employees taking longer lunch hours, coming in later and leaving earlier or simply not

This is mostly due to the changing nature of organisations in which greater and greater number of middle level managers have acquired specialized business knowledge and decision making authority has become increasingly decentralised.