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Environmental sustainability change management in SMEs: learning from sustainability champions

Author(s) -

Doren Chadee,

Retha Wiesner,

Banjo Roxas

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of learning and change

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.279

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 1740-2883

pISSN - 1740-2875

DOI - 10.1504/ijlc.2011.045068

Subject(s) - sustainability , business , change management (itsm) , knowledge management , sample (material) , management development , process management , marketing , management , lean manufacturing , computer science , biology , ecology , chemistry , chromatography , economics

This study identifies the change management processes involved in undertaking environmental sustainability (ES) initiatives within Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) and relate these to the main attributes of learning organisations. Using case study techniques, the study draws from the change management experiences of a sample of 12 ES champions in different industries. The findings suggest that the ES champions experience four distinct change management stages in undertaking ES initiatives; namely the design, internalise, implement and evaluate stages. Each stage is also found to relate strongly with a number of key characteristics of learning organisations. Overall, the findings suggest that SMEs with strong learning organisation attributes are more likely to be successful in implementing and managing ES change initiatives. The implications of the findings are also discussed.

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