REASONS WHY PEOPLE RESIST CHANGE
1. Change usually benefits some people while it hurts others. This is especially true when change is seen as damaging in some way. 2. Many changes require either an initial financial investment or short term economic hardship before long term can be realized. 3. For the small business owners, the time and effort necessary for planning and implementing the change cause him or her to resist change, for example, adoption of new record keeping system will require a major effort and without it finances could become hopelessly confused. 4. The need to feel secure when a small business seems to be running smoothly. Any change may represent a threat to security because varying degrees of uncertainty are involved in the change. However, there is no real security in keeping things as they are when everything else outside the business is changing. 5. Some people resist change because they feel they are not capable of handling it. This may be due to general lack of self-confidence, deficienci...