Change Management is a crucial process for gaining the competitive advantage that is the goal of many organisations. Leaders and change agents are often faced with conflicting challenges of motivating and understanding increasingly diverse workforces, accounting to stakeholders and planning for the future in a chaotic environment. Comprising 12 chapters in 6 parts, the text opens with an explanation of the environment of change faced by organisations today. It then deals with managing organisational development, which is a planned process of change which is often subject to the incursions of organisational transformation, a more dramatic and unpredictable type of change. With the field of organisational change continuing to evolve, especially in an international context, future directions of change management are also discussed. Finally, to emphasise the relationship between theory to practice, Organisational Change: Development and Transformation 6e provides 10 local and international case studies and a suite of online cases supported by a case matrix. Case studies, exercises and support material present the challenges of change management in a real-life manner ' examining issues from a variety of viewpoints.

Organisational Change: Development and Transformation

Business & Money

Christopher G. Worley

Thomas G. Cummings

Dianne Waddell

Andrew Creed

Management & Leadership

Cengage Learning Australia

Organization Development and Change

Cengage Learning'

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Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness

Edward E. Lawler, III

Jerry Porras

Jossey-Bass

A research-based approach to achieving long-term profitability in business What does it take to guarantee success and profitability over time? Authors Christopher G. Worley, a senior research scientist, Thomas D. Williams, an executive advisor, and Edward E. Lawler III, one of the country's leading management experts, set out to find the answer. In The Agility Factor: Building Adaptable Organizations for Superior Performance the authors reveal the factors that drive long-term profitability based on the practices of successful companies that have consistently outperformed their peers. Of the 234 large companies across 18 industries that were studied, there were few companies that delivered sustained performance across the board. The authors found that across industries, the most successful companies were not the "usual suspects" found in the media, but companies who possessed a quiet agility that allowed them to quickly perceive and respond to changes so that they could continue to grow. Agility gives organizations the ability to adapt to fluctuations in the environment, test possible responses, and implement changes quickly. This book offers specific, research-based case studies to help organizational leaders use agility to achieve sustained profitability and performance while also becoming more adaptable to a changing marketplace. For executives, leaders, consultants, board members and all those responsible for the long-term health of organizations, this insightful guide outlines: <ul>
<li>The components of agility for business organizations</li> <li>How to successfully build agility within an organization</li> <li>How agility has its foundation in good management practices</li> <li>How to use agility to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace</li> </ul>

The Agility Factor: Building Adaptable Organizations for Superior Performance

Thomas, Williams

Thomas D. Williams

How to Make Your Organization Agile: An In-Depth Case Study

Véronique Zardet

Marc Bonnet

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