Organizational Change, Change Management, and Resistance to Change – An Exploratory Study

Abstract

For any organisation to remain afloat, it must always position itself to competitively struggle for the limited resources from the ever changing and dynamic environment; by not only responding to change but looking out for change.  Organisational Change, change management and resistance to change; are tripartite concepts in which no one can be conveniently treated singularly without mentioning the other ones. The methodology adopted in the study is exploratory approach. It examined the literature to present how change management determines the level of change resistance and the eventual organisational change. The paper commenced with the conceptual literature, to the theoretical literature, empirical literature, findings from the literature, the conceptual framework, and the conclusion. Recommendations were made for organisations to avail themselves of the services of experts in human capital management, to handle change implementation programmes for them.                                                                                                                                                                  

Keywords: Organisational change, change management, resistance to change.