Human Resource Management: An Index and its Relationship to Readiness for Change

Key Points

• To evaluate how management of human resources affects employee readiness for organizational change.
• Periodic monitoring of management practices
• Assessment of work group environment
• Evaluation of employee perceptions about procedure changes
• Employees reported lower readiness for change when human resources were poorly managed.
• Identifying management practice needs can stimulate efforts toward organizational change.
• Effective management is crucial to prevent deterioration of the organizational environment.