Managing Change / Changing Managers

Primarily a guide for managers and post-graduates entering the territory of the Management of Change, this book presents the reader with a thorough and challenging review of this fascinating subject. It boldly brings together material from popular management texts to address the theory and practical implications raised by these themes. By reviewing and challenging the current literature, the book encourages students to question and investigate popular thinking, helping them to enhance their criticality. The book draws the best practice out of the traditional theory, and includes typical exam questions, the best article and book references and offers a highly comprehensive textbook invaluable for all management students.

The topic of change management presents students with many challenges. One of the most difficult is making sense of the plethora of guru and hero-manager literature.Managing Change/Changing Managers is an innovative textbook that encourages readers to rigorously question popular management theory, presenting a challenging review of existing literature in the change management field. The author brings together an overarching perspective on the most influential writings in the area, but unlike other textbooks, provides a much-needed criritque of the material and its implications for management practice.Arguing that the majority of management guru literature makes the art of managing change appear simple and foolproof when it is not, this text is refreshingly critical, guiding and enhancing the reader's own criticality. The book also draws the best practice out of the traditional theory, using cases to illuminate the practical side to change management.

1. Introduction to the Management of Change 2. Underlying Assumptions 3. Systems Models 4. Individuals and Change 5. Cultural Transformation 6. N-step Models 7. TQM and BPR 8. Project Management 9. Change Agency 10. Review and Way Ahead

Julian Randall

Managing Change/Changing Managers is an innovative textbook that encourages readers to question rigorously popular management theory, presenting a challenging review of existing literature in the change management field. The author brings together an overview perspective on the most influential writings in the area, but unlike other textbooks, provides a much-needed critique of thematerial and its implications for management practice.