Managing Change in Organizations
- Nadja Sörgärde - Lund University, Sweden
- Stefan Svenningson - Lund University, Sweden
In Managing Change in Organizations, Stefan Sveningsson and Nadja Sörgärde explore a broad range of perspectives on change management, encouraging critical reflection and making sense of a complex field of theories. Their unique approach based around three key perspectives of change will help students understand:
- How change is accomplished – the tool perspective
- What change means for those involved – the process perspective
And - Why is change initiated (and is it necessary) – the critical perspective
This focus on the common how, what and why questions offers students the chance to learn pragmatic tools for managing change, as well as gain an in-depth understanding of different theories and their value.
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.
Stefan Sveningsson is Professor of Business Administration at the School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden.
Nadja Sörgärde is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden.
Clear discussions in the relevent areas of change particularly and with good industry analysis which re-inforces the learning
Change management is an important section in the leadership module and this book provides another up to date to this topic. It provides a wider understanding for students to debate.
I will add this book to the reading list as it provides an good overview of relevant issues. As Change Management is an optional course for our students and not chosen by that many, I have not yet received extensive feedback from students.
This is a superb book on the theme of organizational change, bringing together the mainstream approach, the process perspective and the critical views. Adopting the processual and critical lenses throughout, the authors put the technicalities of managing change into perspective, highlighting where those technicalities come from and where they lead us to, and the centrality of meaning, power and identity issues in the management of change. The support materials are of great quality too. This book will be a must for all those who want to approach change beyond the managerialist technicalities. It suits very well the needs of undergraduate and masters students, and research students will find plenty of starting points to explore as well.
This is a superb book on the theme of organizational change, bringing together the mainstream approach, the process perspective and the critical views. Adopting the processual and critical lenses throughout, the authors put the technicalities of managing change into perspective, highlighting where those technicalities come from and where they lead us to, and the centrality of meaning, power and identity issues in the management of change. The support materials are of great quality too. This book will be a must for all those who want to approach change beyond the managerialist technicalities. It suits very well the needs of undergraduate and masters students, and research students will find plenty of starting points to explore as well.
This book offers all the fundamental change management models and theories with up to the minute examples from business. It's going to be an invaluable resource on my programme.
