MANAGERS AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN WORKPLACE

Dr. Enaruna Ehimwenma Idubor, Mary Shadrach Omofowa

University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

Keywords: Change Management, Organizational Philosophy, Change Resistance, Change Acceptance, Change Drivers, Employee’s.

Abstract

Change and expectations of change are increasingly exponentially, especially with modern organization with distinctive managerial skills that encourages innovation and employees creativity in human relation. This is true for all modern organization, employees and stakeholders that are engaged in such phenomenon. Globally, there is also a growing interest in managing change and how managers are faced with several obstacles that threaten the implementation of change. This paper focuses on literature in change management contexts considering recent events. It is important to understand the philosophy and constraints that inhibit change, and what managers experience in a developing country context. We draw insight about the subject using integrated literature review from past studies, based on our review, it was observed that, factors driving change, in change management process, leadership style, change resistance and acceptance, and organizational operational philosophy and other related issues hinders change process, and maybe cause failure. Furthermore, employees sensitivity, and interface with managers stimulate change management. The author conclude that stakeholders, managers must create a conducive environment and initiative to support and promote such.

Published

March, 2025

ISSUE

VOL.5.NO.1

Citation

Dr. Enaruna Ehimwenma Idubor, Mary Shadrach Omofowa (March, 2025). MANAGERS AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN WORKPLACE. International Journal of Marketing and Management Sciences,(VOL.5.NO.1), 230 - 243.

APA format

Dr. Enaruna Ehimwenma Idubor, Mary Shadrach Omofowa. "MANAGERS AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN WORKPLACE." International Journal of Marketing and Management Sciences, vol. , no. VOL.5.NO.1, March, 2025, pp. 230 - 243.

MLA format

Dr. Enaruna Ehimwenma Idubor, Mary Shadrach Omofowa. March, 2025. "MANAGERS AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN WORKPLACE." International Journal of Marketing and Management Sciences , no. VOL.5.NO.1: 230 - 243.

Chicago format

Dr. Enaruna Ehimwenma Idubor, Mary Shadrach Omofowa (March, 2025). "MANAGERS AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN WORKPLACE." International Journal of Marketing and Management Sciences, vol. , no. VOL.5.NO.1, pp. 230 - 243.

Harvard format