The ability to manage change successfully is an essential part of business today. This book helps you to understand three key activities for managing change: diagnosing, explaining and enacting. Both practical and action-oriented, it gives students and managers the tools they need to deal with the messy reality of change.
Paul Lawrence made this point many years ago in his classic Harvard Business Review article “How to Deal With Resistance to Change.”5 In looking at interrelationships among employees Lawrence found that change originating among ...
This volume provides an overview of how to achieve effective organizations. It offers guidance and techniques for planning, implementing and reviewing major organizational changes and suggests how people and organizations...
In this "management 101" manual, Alison Green and Jerry Hauser offer step-by-step guidance on everything it takes to make that happen, including how to: Effectively manage specific tasks and broader responsibilities Set clear goals and hold ...
The aim of this leading textbook is to provide a thorough understanding of the theories, approaches and practice of organisational change.
Based on Conner’s long-term research and his decades of consulting experience, Managing at the Speed of Change uses simple, easy-to-understand language and elegant visuals to explore the dynamics of change, and in doing so, teaches ...
The book is complemented by a range of online resources including PowerPoint Slides, Multiple Choice Questions, and a selection of SAGE Business Cases and journal articles.
This practice guide begins by providing the reader with a framework for creating organizational agility and judging change readiness.
Managing Change provides a readable and practical introduction to the subject, starting with the definition of change.
This book reviews and challenges the current literature on change management, encouraging its readers to question and investigate popular thinking, drawing best practice out of traditional theory.
Online supporting resources for this book include downloadable appendices to supplement several chapters.