Enabling organizational cultural change using systemic strategic human resource management – a longitudinal case study

Abstract

Researchers report that successful cultural change in an organization is difficult to achieve. This research contends that it is more likely to be successful when a systemic approach to strategic human resource management (SHRM) is used to facilitate the change. The contention was tested in an action research case study and longitudinal assessment of change in a large Australian public sector agency. A clear finding from this research is that the cultural change had been sustained through the systemic application of SHRM.

Keywords:

• action research
• corporate culture
• strategic human resource management