Organizational change – overcoming resistance by creating readiness

Emerald - Tập 21 Số 5 - Trang 11-13 - 2007
Dennis R.Self1
1Assistant Professor of Business, Troy University, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA.

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PurposeDespite a significant amount of academic research showing that failure to create and manage readiness for change, nonetheless, far too many organizational managers have failed to learn both from their past mistakes and from the research. This paper aims to provide a brief review of five important elements necessary to build readiness in an organization when it is faced with change. By successful application of the five elements, readiness for the change may be created and managed leading to a prevention or minimization of resistance to the change.Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents a general review of one approach to managing change.FindingsThe paper finds that by addressing each of the five elements, there will be a greater likelihood of successful change introduction and management.Originality/valueThe paper provides overview of the five elements of readiness for managing change as created by Armenakis et al.

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Armenakis, A.A., Harris, S.G. and Feild, H.S. (1999), “Making change permanent: a model for institutionalizing change interventions”, in Passmore, W. and Woodman, R. (Eds), Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 12, JAI Press, Greenwich, CT, pp. 289‐319.

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Emerald

Tập 21 Số 5

11-13

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