You are an HR Manager in a medium-sized firm with 300 employees. The past three months you have been receiving complaints from other staff members who expressed concern about not receiving their salaries on time. You have a manual payroll system. Listening to the complaints the top management has asked you to implement a computerized payroll system. Payroll staff are resisting this change. Discuss three strategies that you would put in place to overcome the resistance.

You are an HR Manager in a medium-sized firm with 300 employees. The past three months you have been receiving complaints from other staff members who expressed concern about not receiving their salaries on time. You have a manual payroll system. Listening to the complaints the top management has asked you to implement a computerized payroll system. Payroll staff are resisting this change. Discuss three strategies that you would put in place to overcome the resistance.

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Author:Richard L. Daft

Publisher:Richard L. Daft

Chapter19: Managing Quality And Performance

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