Organizational Culture and Individual Acceptance

Question: Discuss about the Organizational Culture and Individual Acceptance. Answer: Introduction Rapidly changing environment and changes in global businesses have enforced organizations to adopt a series of changes into their businesses. The areas of involvement in change management are diverse and needs to be actively managed. Leaders of organizations have tremendous responsibilities in conducting a change(Karp 2008). There is various leadership style that can effectively manage and handle changes. The scope of this research is to study the effectiveness of leadership styles in change management. Research Objectives The primary objectives of this study are; Research Objective 1: To understand the importance of change management in organizations Research Objective 2: To analyze role of leaders in change management Research Objective 3: To examine pertinent style of leadership that impacts change management Research Questions Encompassing the above objectives into the study, the following research questions needs to be answered. Research Question 1: Why does an organization requires change? Research Question 2: What role does a leader play in change management? Research Question 3: How does leadership style affects change management? Literature Review Ever study needs to have a literature review for developing pertinent source for the study. In order to encompass the research following sources were referred to. M.H. Kavanagh, and N.M. Ashkanasy (2006) article, The impact of leadership and change management strategy on organizational culture and individual acceptance of change during a merger in British Journal of Management, volume17(S1), pages S81 to S103(Kavanagh 2006). G.E. Hall and S.M. Hord (2006) article, Implementing change: Patterns, principles, and potholes(Hall 2006). In order to attain objectives and results of the study a particular research methodology needs to be followed. For the scope of this study inductive research methodology has been undertaken. Further data of secondary nature has been collected and analyzed. Findings and Analysis After careful analysis of data collected the following findings and analysis has been arrived at. Research Findings 1: Organizations needs to adapt to changes in order to maintain competitive advantage. Research Findings 2: A leader in an organization handholds the process of change and ascertain the aims and goals of change management. Research Findings 3: Careful examination of various types of leadership reflects that most influential style of leadership that can impact change management in organization is transformational leadership. Conclusion The research proposal is an examination of the various aspects of leadership that helps conduct change management in organizations. Transformational leadership style amongst all leadership helps attain successful change within organizations. Reference Karp, T. and Helg?, T.I., 2008. From change management to change leadership: Embracing chaotic change in public service organizations.Journal of change management,8(1), pp.85-96. Kavanagh, M.H. and Ashkanasy, N.M., 2006. The impact of leadership and change management strategy on organizational culture and individual acceptance of change during a merger.British Journal of Management,17(S1), pp.S81-S103. Hall, G.E. and Hord, S.M., 2006. Implementing change: Patterns, principles, and potholes.