Why Middle Management Resistance Occurs?
In large organizations, middle management resistance in the context of strategy implementation occurs as a result of motivational patterns and conflicting interests. Middle managers fear that they might lose their job, their salary, their position in the organization, their influence, their reputation or their effectiveness as managers. All these factors make them uncertain and to a certain extent, reluctant to implement the strategies communicated from the top management. In particular: a) Motivational Patterns In large organizations, middle management resistance in the context of strategy implementation occurs as a result of motivational patterns. In a busy working environment employees are motivated by the desire to achieve the required conditions that can satisfy their needs. Yet, given the mutually exclusive interrelationships and goals set within the organization, the satisfaction of the needs of the top management often causes dissatisfaction to the middle managers. And this is
