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Organisations, like social systems, grow, mature and evolve and in the process, show various changes in structure, policy, strategies, processes, technology, staff and management. This article is the text of a paper delivered at the regional program on managing change through organisational development held at the Colombo Plan Staff College (CPSC) in Manila in September 2001. It covers: the nature of change; drivers of change; barriers to change; the changing world; the changing organisation; trends in human resource development; a holistic analysis of the organisation; planning for change; implementing planned change; monitoring and evaluating planned change; building on change; employee empowerment; developing change leaders; and the eight steps of a change paradigm.