A Three-Component Model for Change Planning through Employees’ Accountability

Abstract

The suggested model shapes change planning based on the employees’ accountability. Change planning is accompanied by building accountability and determining the quantitative measures of accountability. It is resulted by the peers and management assessments of the employees’ change proposals and readiness to participate in realization of peer proposals. The change planning is performed by consistent performance three model components. The components are Create, Assess, and Determine. In Create component managers determine goals and directions of change, form requirements and conditions for qualitative and motivated creation of change proposals, and familiarize employees with goals, directions, requirements and conditions. Then, the employees create change proposals and disseminate their proposals to the co-workers. In Assess component the managers and employees assess the presented proposals according to the types, requirements, and conditions of assessment. Along with that, readiness including interest, opportunity, and ability, to participate in realization of the proposed changes is also assessed. It allows building collaborative teams and assessing the employees’ involvement in change process. In Determine component the measure of the team’ mutual accountability for the change proposal realization is determined and it is divided among team members on the basis of quantitative assessment of personal readiness to participate in the change. Then, change planning guided by the accountability measures are performed. The most accountable team leader, the most accountability significant proposal in the change direction, and the most accountability significant direction are identified. The employees’ compensation for participation in the change planning adapted to measures of the employees’ accountability for realization change is calculated.

Key words: change planning, accountability for change

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/12-12-14

Publication date: April 30^th 2020