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January 2015 | 520 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Indispensable to understanding change, this unique text provides a comprehensive examination of how change can be sustained within organizations today.

Featuring critical insights into theoretical concepts and current international examples, the book provides an accessible way for students to enhance their understanding and develop the crucial skills need to be successful when managing and leading change in organisations.

Key Features:

  • Synthesizes what is known about change in organizations and then provides practical ways of sustaining it
  • Contains an international range of case studies and interviews which link theory to practice throughout
  • Explores key contemporary topics such as power, politics, ethics and sustainability for an enhanced understanding of current debates and issues
  • Activities, discussion questions and further reading in each chapter test your understanding of the key concepts and reinforce your learning
  • End of book Glossary defines key terms, for those new to studying change.
  • Comes with access to additional resources for students and lecturers including relevant SAGE journal articles to encourage wider reading

 
Part One: The Essence of Change and Transformation
 
1: Introduction to Organizational Change and Transformation
 
2: Theoretical Approaches to Change and Transformation
 
3: Leading Change
 
4: Managing Change
 
Part Two: Recognizing the Need for Change
 
5: The Drivers for Change and Transformation
 
6: Diagnosing the Need and Readiness for Change
 
Part Three: Planning, Communicating and Implementing Change
 
7: Planning and Implementing Change
 
8: Organizational Development (OD) and Organizational Learning
 
9: Changing Organizational Structures
 
10: Communication and Change
 
Part Four: People, Politics and Power during Change and Transformation
 
11: The Nature, Impact and Management of Attitudes Towards Change
 
12: Power, Politics and Conflict during Change
 
Part Five: Sustaining Change and Transformation
 
13: Ensuring Sustainable Change through Monitoring and Measurement
 
14: Contemporary Issues in Change and Transformation
 
15: Conclusion

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For Lecturers:

  • Tutor's notes
  • PowerPoint slides

For Students:

  • Additional Journal Articles
  • Web links
  • Study Questions

This is an excellent general text which is superbly written, very well structured, and reader friendly.
It is entirely suitable for essential reading in the Strategic HR Interventions module on the MSc HRM programme.

I have also recommended it colleagues in the University of Lincoln and expect it to be included in the distance learning recommended reading materials for their BSc Management of Change Module.

I would recommend this text to anyone teaching modules requiring students to become interested in change management and indeed to managers contemplating a change management programme.

Mr William Metcalf
Faculty of Business and Law, Lincoln University
March 16, 2015

It is good book for Organizational Behavior cources. I recommend it both my undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Professor KURTULUS KARAMUSTAFA
Social Science , Erciyes University
February 28, 2015

Interesting references and very well researched.
Due to the very nature of the subject it is refreshing to see a book that is right up to date with with contemporary ideas and examples.
Very useful for students for wider reading.

Mrs Laura Castles
Management, Torfaen Training
February 10, 2015

This is an excellent book. It is well researched, theoretically sound and very relevant for informing the practice of managing and sustaining change in organizations. The theoretical issues are dealt with carefully and this book does add important points of analysis to the existing literature on organizational change. And it is also very much appealing for those who are looking for how to translate theory into practice. It should be a must in any course on organizational change.

Professor Manuel Graca
Faculdade De Economia, University of Porto
February 8, 2015

Good, clear concise information, nicely presented.

Mrs Evelyn Dolby
Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire
December 17, 2014

Excellent text, clearly structured and sequenced, with pertinent content

Dr Valerie Larkin
Public Health and Wellbeing, Northumbria University
September 23, 2015
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