Middle managers are believed to play most crucial part in strategic change that in consequence leads to organizational success. The present study seeks to identify the underlying success factors for effective strategic change and, to investigate the relationship between middle management strategic involvement and effective strategic change. Data were collected following a survey administered among a group of mid-level managers (N=144) serving in twenty different private commercial banks in Bangladesh, and analyzed using various statistical tests including descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation, and simple and multiple regressions in STATA. Results uncovers that factors like relation with top management, strategy, role and skills are essential for effective strategic change. This study also reveals significant relationship between middle management strategic involvement and effective strategic change. Findings of this research suggest that organizations shall involve mid-level managers to formulate and implement strategy since middle mangers work as a bridge between top management and ground level workers.

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确定有效战略变革的成功因素：中层管理人员战略参与的作用

中层管理人员被认为在导致组织成功的战略变革中发挥着最重要的作用。本研究旨在确定有效战略变革的潜在成功因素，并调查中层管理战略参与与有效战略变革之间的关系。数据是在对孟加拉国 20 家不同私人商业银行的一组中层管理人员 (N=144) 进行调查后收集的，并使用各种统计检验进行分析，包括描述性分析、Pearson 相关性以及 STATA 中的简单和多元回归. 结果表明，与高层管理人员的关系、战略、角色和技能等因素对于有效的战略变革至关重要。本研究还揭示了中层管理人员战略参与与有效战略变革之间的重要关系。这项研究的结果表明，组织应让中层管理人员参与制定和实施战略，因为中层管理人员是高层管理人员和基层员工之间的桥梁。