Learning to Embrace Change

At some point in the his­to­ry of a cor­po­ra­tion, the need to change oper­at­ing pro­ce­dure becomes appar­ent. As a new gen­er­a­tion comes into lead­er­ship posi­tions and new tech­nol­o­gy make old­er process out­dat­ed, a com­pa­ny needs to embrace these changes to remain viable with­in their indus­try. In the man­u­fac­tur­ing envi­ron­ment, a dri­ving force that requires many busi­ness­es to upgrade their fac­to­ries is the use of robot­ics automa­tion in the assem­bly of com­po­nents. With a grow­ing num­ber of uses for these robots, busi­ness­es that wait too long to upgrade their fac­to­ry will find them­selves strug­gling to remain in operation.

Peo­ple are typ­i­cal­ly hes­i­tant to make dras­tic changes in their life. They find enjoy­ment and com­fort in famil­iar sur­round­ings. For work­ers that have become accus­tomed to an estab­lished way of per­form­ing tasks, it can be stress­ful to learn new skills. Mod­ern soci­ety is see­ing a major shift from pre­vi­ous gen­er­a­tions. Many work­ers today have become used to adapt­ing to new tech­nolo­gies and acquir­ing new skills in their indus­try. For them, tran­si­tion­ing to robot­ics automa­tion sys­tems will not require as great of a change as more tra­di­tion­al busi­ness­es. Com­ing to terms with the need to embrace a new approach is half of the bat­tle in becom­ing suc­cess­ful with a new oper­at­ing procedure.

With­in an orga­ni­za­tion, many work­ers will dis­cov­er that the instal­la­tion of robot­ic automa­tion equip­ment will have lit­tle impact upon their dai­ly duties. They may find that they no longer need to per­form spe­cif­ic tasks or slight­ly alter the order in which they com­plete oth­er activ­i­ties. One thing that may become read­i­ly appar­ent is an increase in the speed and num­ber of objects that are being devel­oped with­in the man­u­fac­tur­ing plant. This may require some employ­ees to pick up theie pace in order to match the faster pro­cess­ing time.

Not only do mod­ern man­u­fac­tur­ing stan­dards dic­tate that old­er fac­to­ries seri­ous­ly con­sid­er upgrad­ing to robot­ics and automa­tion sys­tems, but the well-being of the orga­ni­za­tion does as well. With many new and emerg­ing com­pa­nies short­en­ing their pro­duc­tion times, an estab­lished com­pa­ny needs to do the same to remain com­pet­i­tive. Although not all employ­ees will be hap­py with the pro­posed changes, it is nec­es­sary for the good of the com­pa­ny. Giv­en time, even the staunchest oppo­nent will like­ly learn to embrace the robots as a mod­ern coworker.

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