How to deal with crisis knowing change management principles

International crisis, market transparency, labor mobility, global capital flows, and instantaneous communications have blown scenario that senior executives in large companies had a simple goal for themselves and their organizations: stability. Shareholders wanted little more than predictable earnings growth In most industries — and in almost all companies— heightened global competition has concentrated management’s collective mind on something that, in the past, it happily avoided: change. Management of change represents an important responsibility for the managers and specialists, for those who have not only to assure the survival of the organization, but to assure the fundamentals for future development and competitiveness.change; management; competition; crisis; principles of change.

Trust in management, communication, Islamic work ethics and readiness for change a mediating effect of organisational commitment

Rapid social and environment changes have posed a challenge to public service in ensuring that the programmes and activities undertaken meet the needs and expectations of the stakeholders, including the people in particular. Hence, civil servants must always be ready and responsive to the demands of this constant change through the current initiatives of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP). Both civil servants and government organisations need to work in hand to ensure the success of the transformation. Previous studies showed that the readiness for change is influenced by various organisational and individual factors, such as trust in management, communication and Islamic work ethics. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the relationship between trust in management, communication, Islamic work ethics and readiness for change within ministries in Malaysia. In addition, this study is also conducted to evaluate the mediating effect of organisational commitment on the relationship between trust in management, communication, Islamic work ethics and readiness for change. Respondents for this study are Administrative and Diplomatic Service Officers (PTD) (Grades 48 and 52) who work in the ministries in Malaysia. All the hypotheses are tested using AMOS 21.0 and based on structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis, it is shown that trust in management, communication and Islamic work ethics have a significant effect on readiness for change. Besides that, organisational commitment is found to fully mediate the relationship between trust in management and communication with readiness for change, while partially mediating the relationship between Islamic work ethics and readiness for change. On the whole, the findings of this study provide a positive impact on change management planning, which ultimately helps in ensuring more effective GTP implementation

Digital literacy and its relationship with employee performance in the 4IR / Mohd Khalid Mohd Abas, Ros Aizan Yahaya and Mohd She Fee Din

Work in the oil and gas industry today in general has rapidly grow alongside with the advancement of digital technology. However, many employees are facing issues of coping and keeping up with the technological knowledge in completing their work. This study investigates the relationship between digital literacy and employee performance in the oil and gas industry in Malaysia. The technological, organizational and environmental (TOE) context was applied to measure the influencing factors. Stratified sampling method was used to attain information from two divisions of the organization. Data was analyzed using correlational analysis and multiple regression methods. Outcome of this study suggests that there is a positive relationship between digital literacy in technological context, organizational context, environmental context and employee performance. It is suggested that a good foundation in the technological and organizational infrastructure is needed to increase digital literacy among employees. For future research, readiness in embracing digital literacy should be made at the managerial level in this industry