Challenges Facing - Changing the behaviors of employees / Resistance to change

(Efficiency orientation to production)

Cost controlling, Minimize waste & Maximum productivity of recourse 

Increasing the efficiency and productivity of the employees are challenging since most employees are used to their own routing and it has become their nature and culture. In most organizations, employees are not willing to switch their responsibilities or change the way they used to work since they are very comfortable with their present position and situation in the organization. changing employee’s behaviours to gain better productivity and efficiency will not be easy. to execute strategies organization may require to change certain areas such as, (Mar, A 2016)

• Organizational Structure

• People

• Technology

• Processes

It is important to identify why employees are resistant to change. understanding the reasons will help SHRM department to overcome the problem and they can plan and execute specific programmes to make employees comfortable during the change. among various reasons below points can be determined as major reasons which are influencing for employees, resist the change.

• Employees are more concern about their job security.
• Afraid of the change and new environment.
• Resist Change as a Way to Gain a Strategic Advantage
• No proper system of rewards

After understanding the reasons SHRM department will have to carry out, practise and establish followings, to execute the organizational change. 

• Educating Employees about the change.
• Establishing strong two-way communication.
• Increasing employee satisfaction.
• Building trust between management and employees.
• Improving employee skills and proficiency through change-related training initiatives.

With using HR strategy such as detail work planning, coaching, training and development may help employees to motivate and improve self-confidence to switch with new targets and new position. And it will Maximize efficiency and productivity. (Jones, J. 2016)

Employees expected behaviours to achieve competitive advantage

   Source : Schuler,S.R and Jackson,S.E (1987) - Linking Competitive Strategies with Human Resource Management Practices

Reference : 

• Jones, J. (2016)  Managing Organizational Change with an HR Department of One Five critical competencies. SHRM [online]. Available at<ttps://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/behavioral-competencies/relationship-management/pages/managing-organizational-change-with-an-hr-department-of-one.aspx>.[Accessed on 21st  April 2019].

• Mar.A (2016) 10 Types of Organizational Change.Simplicable [online]. Available at<https://management.simplicable.com/management/new/10-types-of-organizational-change>.[Accessed on 21st  April 2019].

• Schuler,S.R and Jackson,S.E (1987) Linking Competitive Strategies with Human ResourceManagement Practices. The Academy of Management Executive,01 (3), pp. 207-219.

• Smith.C (2018) .Why Is Organizational Change So Difficult for Employees to Accept.
  Change[online].Availableat<https://change.walkme.com/why-is-organizational-change-so-difficult-for-employees-to-accept>.[Accessed on 21st  April 2019].