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Is it possible to eliminate resistance to change within a work environment? Why or why not? List and explain different techniques that can be used to reduce or eliminate resistance to change and the recommended way to use these techniques in order to produce the best result.

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This solution outlines the different strategies that employers and managers can use to eliminate resistance to change in their work environment.

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Let us discuss what change management is. It can be defined as modifying the existing state to achieve a new desired state. So it is important for leaders to manage the change process well to help reduce, if not eliminate, resistance to change.

Let us look at why persons resist change. They resist change because of their fear of the unknown (worries about job loss), lack of confidence that they will be able to be efficient when the system is changed, negative feelings towards the redistribution of workload, etc. Workers' jobs are reorganized so they have less or more to do, which can bring about ...

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