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5.1.3.3. Structure - Employee participation in plan development

Participation of employees’ at all (relevant) levels is often desired and in some case also required (by legislation).

The legislative requirements left aside, benefits from involving employees include:

	Making use of their knowledge and experience in the specific activities to be carried out
	Obtaining their buy-in to reduce any possible resistance to change that may occur during implementation.

Employee involvement would then be desired at the development stage where activities are being formulated as well as during any change/improvement processes that may come out of the actual implementation (see 03.7 and 04.).

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THE principle of RESISTANCE TO CHANGE

"The greater the departure of any planned change from the accepted ways of the past, the greater the potential resistance by the people involved.