Paper Title
Openness To Organizational Change: A Case Study For The Romanian Organizations
Abstract
The dynamic environment, the process of globalization and the fast evolution of new technologies are forcing
many organizations to identify change initiatives, that later are transposed into change processes. Even if in such cases change
becomes inevitable, there are still many organizations that have a very reduced openness to change, mainly because managers
are not aware that the absence of reaction to the outside environment will lead to a decreased performance, threatening the
organization's survival. The purpose of this article is to analyze the openness to organizational change that Romanian
organizations have and to classify them according to this criterion, taking also into consideration the flexibility they may have
when change processes occur. The results are based on a study made on Romanian organizations mainly from the western side
of the country, and include the answers of managers and employees from different industries such as services, trade and
manufacturing.
Keywords- Change Management, Organizational Change, Forces of Change, Environment