Why people are resistant to change?

Change comes about because of many reasons, some firms want to change because they want to increase profit and efficiency. In firms many of the employees are very resistant to change because: - Fearful of being made redundant - Fear of not being able to cope with the new environment eg. Employees are scared that if their firm implements a computer system then they won't understand how t use it. - They are also very …

…you want to create is that there is discomfort with the status quo which ultimately means staying as we are is more of a threat than changing. Once this way of thinking is implemented into all levels of the company then that is when change can really being to flourish and also the firm will become a lot more adept to changing again which is important because change is an on-going process that doesn't end.