Abstract
Readiness to change, transparency and strategic understanding are critical for having effective strategic change. The aim of this study is to examine transparency and strategic understanding as predictors for organisation readiness for change in Saudi Arabia.A descriptive cross-sectional correlational design was used to collect data from 420 participants in three Ministry of Health facilities. The study population includes all the healthcare providers working in the selected setting. The non-probability sample was selected in this study as they were selected on the basis of convenience and quota. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated. The statistical test includes frequency, percentage, mean, variance and standard deviation to recognise the demographic characteristics, organisation readiness to change level, organisation transparency level, and strategic understanding level. Correlational tests were used to examine the association between the variables.A significant positive correlation was found between the organisation readiness for change, organisation transparency, and strategic understanding. The study revealed that organisation transparency and strategic understanding are significant predictors for organisational readiness to change. Demographic characteristics had a significant influence on the level of organisation transparency, strategic understanding, and organisation readiness to change. This study concluded that organisation readiness for change, organisation transparency, and employee strategic understanding were moderately perceived among healthcare providers who participated in the study. Moreover, personal and professional characteristics of the participants had made a variation on how they perceive organisation transparency, on the level of strategic understanding of the Ministry's strategies and on their collective readiness for change.