Achieving readiness for organisational change

Abstract

Purpose

Seeks to ontinue discussion of the critical role of people in organisational change.

Design/methodology/approach

Focuses on the importance of achieving change readiness, ways in which this may be achieved and means to assess organisational readiness for change.

Findings

Achieving and sustaining effective organisational change and renewal are an imperative. The people in organisations can be either the key to achieving effective change, or the biggest obstacles to success.

Originality/value

Highlights how managers attempting to achieve organisational change will be well served by paying attention to the need to create readiness for change – this at both the individual employee and whole‐of‐organisation level – and the ways in which this may be achieved.

Citation

Smith, I. (2005), "Achieving readiness for organisational change", Library Management, Vol. 26 No. 6/7, pp. 408-412. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435120510623764