Impact of Communication in Organization to Readiness for Change: Caseof Research Organization X

Abstract

Changes in government research institutions are an interesting phenomenon and need to be studied. Like other government agencies, government research institutions have a bureaucratic and organizational culture and climate that is not easy to change. Organizational change cannot be accomplished if it is not supported by organizational readiness to change from individual level to organizational level. Organizational readiness as a medium and a tool for determining the success of change needs to be reviewed. The purpose of this research is how organizational communication conducted by research institute X to impact on organizational readiness to change. The method used is mixed methods with survey about organizational readiness to change and depth interview and observation to see the phenomenon of change and organizational communication in research institute X. The results obtained are communication within organizations that are not well managed and less effective have make readiness to organization change in research institution X becoming quite low. This indicate that organizational communication has an impact on organizational readiness to change in research institute X. Communication organization to changes strategic Effective communicationHigh skill organizational communication to change strategic High Organisational readiness for changes Ineffective communicationLow skill organizational communication to change strategic Resistance for changes Low Organisational readiness for changesSupporting the measurement results for ORC with a survey conducted on 137 researchers included in less categories, namely organizations perceived by organizations to be less prepared to plan and implement organizational changes. This is supported by extracting data in depth interviews which leads to the hope that researchers for organizations design changes that are more effective and communicate them openly and effectively. In addition, it was found that each individual researcher expects a better change in the organization but is still limited to the needs and perceptions of individual researchers so that it is not comprehensive. Then the need for change is done thoroughly from every aspect of the organization to be more productive and effective and efficient.The phenomenon of organizational change is inseparable from how organizational communication activities are communication from management to all members and from organizational members to management to support success and minimize resistance. Organizational communication in institution X research was one of the factors that was explored to find out its impact on ORC research institute X. Interviews and observations were conducted on researchers who had responded to ORC measurements.The results of the interview data and observations from a qualitative approach to organizational communication are as follows: 1. The pattern of weak interaction in each work unit and management affects organizational communication 2. Communication of organizations in research institutions X is s...

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