THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN MANAGING CHANGE

Organizational change inevitably meets with varying degrees of resistance. One of the key resistance factors in many instances is organizational culture. Strategic HRM is key in managing change and resistance to change.

Review the Learning Resources for this week and respond to the following key points academic paper form. Be sure to support this with specific citations from this week's Learning Resources and any additional sources.

• Analyze why organizational change meets with resistance.
• Analyze the relevance of organizational culture to organizational change, and explain its dual role as both an HRM opportunity and obstacle.
• Analyze the value of strategic HRM in managing resistance to organizational change.
• Explain 2-3 HRM best practices to help manage resistance to organizational change.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Required Readings

Note:It is highly recommended that you review the resources in the following order.

Bailey, C.,Mankin, D., Kelliher, C., & Garavan, T. (2018). Strategic management and strategic human resource management. In Strategic human resource management (2nd ed., pp. 44-67). Oxford University Press.

Strategic Human Resource Management, 2nd Edition by Bailey, C., Mankin, D., Kelliher, C., & Garavan, T. Copyright 2018 by Oxford University Press. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Harrison, T., & Bazzy, J. D. (2017). Aligning organizational culture and strategic human resource management.Links to an external site. Journal of Management Development, 36(10), 1260-1269.

https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-12-2016-0335

Donnelly, R. (2019). Aligning knowledge sharing interventions with the promotion of firm success: The need for SHRM to balance tensions and challenges.Links to an external site. Journal of Business Research, 94,344-352.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.02.007

Kleimann, C. H. (2019, January 24). HR best practices during organizational change.Links to an external site. American Management Association. https://www.amanet.org/articles/hr-best-practices-during-organizational-change/

Heathfield, S. M. (2019, November 16). What is resistance to change?Links to an external site. The Balance Careers. https://www.thebalancecareers.com/what-is-resistance-to-change-1918240

Northon, L. (2017). On the brink.Links to an external site. HR Magazine, 62(3), 18.

Neves, P., Almeida, P., & Velez, M. J. (2018). Reducing intentions to resist future change: Combined effects of commitment-based HR practices and ethical leadership.Links to an external site.

HumanResourceManagement, 57(1), 249-261. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21830

Gleeson, B. (2017, July 25). One reason why most change management efforts fail.Links to an external site. Forbes.https://www.forbes.com/sites/brentgleeson/2017/07/25/1-reason-why-most-change-management-efforts-fail/#77729634546b