Low risk strategies Flashcards
1
Q
Low-risk strategies to overcome employee resistance include
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- Communication
- Empowerment
- Support
- Incentives
2
Q
Communication
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- Involves managers openly and honestly transferring information to employees,
- Also, listening to their feedback so that employees are fully aware of the reasons for, and impacts of an upcoming change
3
Q
Empowerment
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Involves managers providing employees with increased responsibility and authority during times of change
4
Q
Support
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Involves managers providing employees with assistance as they move from current to new practices
5
Q
Incentives
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Involves managers providing financial or non-financial rewards to encourage employees to support change
6
Q
Strengths of low-risk strategies
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More likely to work in the long term as it involves getting employees to proactively engage to make them WANT to do the change
7
Q
Weaknesses of low-risk strategies
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Usually takes a long time to be effective
