This paper brings into focus the concept of organizational secrecy by senior managers in the context of a major strategic change program. Underpinned by legitimation theory and utilizing a narrative methodology and a longitudinal investigation, we draw upon data from 52 interviews with 13 senior...

This paper presents a review of the Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) literature and the relationship of SHRM to organisational performance. It reviews longstanding concepts such as the design school and process school of HR, best practices and best fit, internal alignment and external...

It is widely asserted that a high proportion of change initiatives fail (e.g. Kotter, 1996; Author/s to be provided, 2000). Furthermore the success of initiatives involving cultural change is significantly lower (Smith, 2003). However, there is some debate around whether or not change can only be...

As competition and consolidation in UK retail increases, retail organisations increasingly realise that store employee contribution, motivation and behaviour are the primary determinant of competitive advantage and business success.This paper examines the experience of one of the UK’s top 5...

This paper explores how the alignment of HR strategy and business strategy relates to organisational performance. It addresses the core question, "Does the alignment of business strategy and HR strategy impact performance?". Using Miles and Snow's theories of strategic typologies (defender,...

This article presents a review of the recent literature on change management in public organisations and sets out to explore the extent to which this literature has responded to earlier critiques regarding the lack of (public) contextual factors. The review includes 133 articles published on...