CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY “A STUDY OF SELECTED REAL ESTATE FIRMS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA”
CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY “A STUDY OF SELECTED REAL ESTATE FIRMS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA”

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the concept of change management (CM) and how it affects organizational productivity in the real estate sector. The paper also focuses on change management and its impact on organizational growth and development in the same sector of the economy. The paper adopted a survey research design approach, using the questionnaire as the major data collection instrument. A total of one hundred (100) questionnaires were randomly distributed to respondents of ten different real estate firms who were undergoing a one-month training course at a training institute located in Lagos, Nigeria and ninety (90) were collected and used for analyzing the data for this research paper. The hypothesis of this paper was tested using Chi-square statistical tool. The findings of this paper reveal that X2 calculated value of 62.62, greater than the table value of 51.88, implying that human resource training and development is a function of the efficient and effective workforce. It also revealed that training aimed at enhancing employee’s skills and knowledge base translates to overall organizational success. The study, therefore, recommends among others that the training and development plan to cover all levels of the organization because the whole are interwoven and the neglect of one part may lead to the collapse of all.

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