Managing Grassischolar_main-level Change in an Indian PSU:The Role of People-centric Strategies

Successful change management has people at its vortex. Therefore, this study examines how people centric Human Resource (HR) systems and practices along with bold interventions has the ability to smoothen new systems, albeit with meticulous planning and can be instrumental in making a vibrant, harmonious and profitable organization. Also, for systemic change in the organization, the study attempts to establish that the grass-ischolar_main level workers who directly impacts the performance of the organization must be sensitized, skilled and aligned to the business objectives for acceptance of the change. On the basis of collection of responses from 516 respondents through a well structured schedule (both executives and non-executives), the results indicated that if the organization planned the people side of change, aligned the HR strategy with business strategy, introduced people centric HR interventions, the workplace will be conducive to change in order to achieve organizational objectives.