Change Management Initiatives: Annotated Bibliography Al-Ali, A. A., Singh, S. K., Al-Nahyan, M., & Sohal, A. S. (2017). Change management through leadership: the mediating role of organizational culture. International Journal of Organizational Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-01-2017-1117 Singh and the team aimed at identifying how change leadership influences change management practices and organizational culture in United Arab Emirates public sector firms. The focus is on the role of culture in change management and leadership programs within the organization. This will help in determining the internal factors that affect the change management implementation plans within the organization. The rollout process will have its own challenges which have to be addressed if the implementation process has to be successful. Fusch, G. E., Ness, L. R., Booker, J. M., & Fusch, P. (2020). People and Process: Successful Change Management Initiatives. Journal of Social Change, 12(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.5590/JOSC.2020.12.1.13 Fusch and the team quote Heraclitus the great philosopher. They majorly talk about organizational change throughout the implementation process and how it affects organizational performance. Communication has been centralized as the main tool in the change process. This article will help in understanding barriers to effective change management implementation in the research process and how to overcome them. It will help to determine how important communication is important in change management. Haas, M. R., Munzer, B. W., Santen, S. A., Hopson, L. R., Haas, N. L., Overbeek, D., ... & Huang, R. D. (2020). # DidacticsRevolution: Applying Kotter’s 8-Step Change Management Model to Residency Didactics. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 21(1), 65. https://dx.doi.org/10.5811%2Fwestjem.2019.11.44510 Researchers Mary and her team focused on how change is important in medical education and used Kotter’s 8-steps change management model (KCCM) to teach theoretical work to the students. Although the research is medical based but the KCCM is a universal model that can be used even in business organizations and thus the paper will benefit from the change management steps on the model. The steps highlighted are applicable in organizations as they provide directions on the actions to be undertaken to ensure the initiatives are successful. The steps discussed will be implemented in the paper when discussing change management initiatives steps. Lyke-Ho-Gland, H. (2019). Closing the change management gap. Strategic HR Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/SHR-04-2019-0030 Researcher Holly has used case studies and survey to measure the level of change maturity in organizations while providing directions on approaches that organizations can take to drive behavioral shifts. This paper provides practical insights on how to measure the level of change in organizations and how behavioral shifts can be used to help drive change in the organizations. ...