Managing Organizational Change: A Practical Toolkit for Leaders
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (759 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0749470836 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With the constant scrutiny on investments, it is imperative to learn how to easily and reliably deliver the benefits organizations need.Centered around the author's Cycle of Change Model, Managing Organizational Change encourages readers to reflect on their current situation and use the tools and templates to assess whether their organizations are ready to embark on organization change. It looks at what traits organizations need to have in order to change -- culture, capacity, commitment, capability -- as well as what organizations have to do to be successful -- direct, drive, deliver, prepare, propagate and profit. With new technology, global markets and increased regulation, the pace and complexity of change is increasing, making it harder for organizations to maintain a competitive advantage. It explains which type of resources are needed in order to achieve long term change, which tasks, roles and activities need to be in place, and crucially, how to lead during a time of great unease. Featuring case studies, reflection questions, checklists, action planning and summaries, this book brings together all the different roles and functions within an organization that a leader has to manage effectively in order to bring about successful and sustainable organizational change.
How to lead effective organizational change: Concise, substantial, practical, and do-able recommendations Most organizational change initiatives either fail or fall far short of original expectations and reasons vary, of course, from one organization to the next. More often than not, however, the major cause is cultural in nature, the result of what James O'Toole so aptly characterizes as "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of cus. Tips and pitfalls in managing change A critical area of competitive advantage nowadays is the ability of organizations to lead rather than follow changes in the market and this means having the ability to roll out the right changes quickly and reliably in a way that delivers a return on investment for the organization, according to Helen Campbell in this book. What mo
“This is a really top-notch read. It is great that it starts by making the proposition that the business of change management needs to make a change itself – as the history of unsuccessful change programs is not a pretty one. The book is also very effective in developing a case and a roadmap for change that will resonate at the C-level because it makes the compelling connection between effective change and the return to the company’s shareholders.”