Abstract:

This research objects to explore the success factors in change management strategies in order to assurance a successful implementation of an organization’s safety management system in the food industry in Saudi Arabia. A wide-ranging literature was reviewed. The results indicate that successful change management strategies consists three stages: preparing to change, implementation of change, and evaluating the impact on employee. In the preparing to change phase, organizational leadership should prepare to change organization culture and structure should be managed by watching individuals, organization and culture. Then, in the implementation of change phase, organizations must apply the following factors: project leadership/team effectiveness factors, end-user communication factor, culture factor, end- user training/involvement factors and development factor. Finally, in measuring the impact on user phase, organizations must measure the impact of change strategy factors on the end-user, also organizations pay attention to feedback in the previous three phases to modify mistakes and develop change strategy.