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Management of Organizational Change
Leveraging Transformation
Second Edition
- K Harigopal - Institute of Advanced Management Education and Entrepreneurship (IAMEE), Hyderabad, India
Other Titles in:
Change Management
Change Management
April 2006 | 368 pages | SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
Organizational Change is a complex yet essential process for growth and development in business. The second edition of this insightful book examines the nature of this critical process in the light of the rapid changes in the business environment and intense global competition.
The author revisits fundamental concepts, as well as presents new ideas, activities, and processes associated with how to plan, implement and manage effective transformational change. The book highlights:
- The nature and process of transformational change and the paradigms basic to the change process
- The basic concepts and strategic leverages of change
- The need for and ways of aligning current tasks, systems, processes, and culture with organizational goals
- The support systems required for change and the need to develop and maintain these systems
- Ways of tuning organizations for change
- Managing change through people by optimizing individual and group efforts
Supported by numerous case studies and written in a lucid and reader-friendly style, this book will be a definitive guide for students, scholars, and practitioners.
The author revisits fundamental concepts, as well as presents new ideas, activities, and processes associated with how to plan, implement and manage effective transformational change. The book highlights:
- The nature and process of transformational change and the paradigms basic to the change process
- The basic concepts and strategic leverages of change
- The need for and ways of aligning current tasks, systems, processes, and culture with organizational goals
- The support systems required for change and the need to develop and maintain these systems
- Ways of tuning organizations for change
- Managing change through people by optimizing individual and group efforts
Supported by numerous case studies and written in a lucid and reader-friendly style, this book will be a definitive guide for students, scholars, and practitioners.
Preface
I: UNDERSTANDING CHANGE
Nature of Change
Forces of Change
Types of Change
Models of Organizational Change
II. ORGANIZATIONAL VISION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING
What is Vision?
Strategic Planning
Basic Paradigms to Realize Vision/Strategy
III. MANAGING CHANGE
Transformation Planning
Creating the Support Systems
Managing the Transition
IV. STRATEGIC LEVERAGES TO CHANGE
Organizational Restructuring
Reorganizing Work Activities: Strategies
Process-Oriented Strategies
Competitor- and Customer-Oriented Strategies
V. MANAGING CHANGE: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND MENTAL MODES
Organizational Culture and Change
Organizational Mental Modes and Managing Change
VI. MANAGING CHANGE THROUGH PEOPLE
Change Management: Dealing with Individuals
Managing Change: The Three R’s of Management
Relationship Management
Managing Change: Results Management
Change Management: Dealing with Groups
Overcoming Organizational Resistance to Change
References
Index
Of great relevance... to those who want change