An excellent method to learn is to teach others. Training others means that you must be well-prepared and fluent in the subject.
Your organization is consolidating production which will result in the elimination of some employee positions while other employees are required to attend a 45-hour training that includes successful completion of an exam leading to a specialized certificate. The training and certificate are required for continued employment with the current organization.
For this week’s critical thinking assignment, you are assigned the task of training your organization’s managers on the challenges people face when presented with change. The organizational goal is that this transition in consolidating production and required training is well received by employees. Based on this scenario, your task is to prepare an 8-10 slide presentation to teach managers how to manage resistance to organizational change.
After attending your training session, the managers should be able to complete the following learning objectives.
- Correctly define stakeholder groups
- Identify reasons for resistance to change by each group.
- Describe actions to mitigate change resistance.