A source for anyone - from mid-level through to top-level executives - who needs to implement business decisions on time and within budget. The text teaches the key elements, including the flow of events involved in human transition, and what roles are central to change in organizational settings.

Provides a discussion on organizational change. This book presents a series of articles that address the question, how can change be managed effectively? It looks at two theories of change, and provides an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of each theory along every dimension of the change process, from motivation to compensation issues.

Delivers fundamental information for professionals.

Provides details about building organizations that prosper long into the twenty-first century and beyond, and also about visionary companies. This book contains specific examples and is organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at various levels.

The biography of an idea: that many of the problems we face - from teenage delinquency to traffic jams - behave like epidemics and are capable of sudden and dramatic change due to their inherent volatility. The author explores the ramifications of this, offering a way to view the world.

Offers a tested, six-stage approach for navigating common work-life transitions so that readers not only get through them but emerge stronger and better able to face the next challenge.

Explores the different approaches to employee participation - from a practitioners' perspective.

When software development teams move to agile methods, experienced project managers often struggle--doubtful about the new approach and uncertain about their new roles and responsibilities. In this book, two long-time certified Project Management Professionals (PMPRs) and Scrum trainers have built a bridge to this dynamic new paradigm. They show experienced project managers how to successfully ...

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is one of the recognized concepts in facilitating organizational change. This book studies AI in depth, illustrating the method of asking particular questions and envisioning the future, encouraging staff to consider both the positive and negative systems in place and to recognize the need to implement change.

Offers ten guidelines to help key employees and knowledge workers influence upper management. This book demonstrates the best way to move ideas through an organization; outlines the principles that facilitate knowledge management; explains how people learn on the job; and discusses how larger organizations can leverage their bigness .

What happens when there is almost unlimited choice? When everything is available to everyone? When the combined value of the millions of items that only sell in small quantities equals or even exceeds the value of a handful of best-sellers? This book shows that the future of business does not lie in hits, but in what used to be regarded as misses.

Shows that traditional team models are falling short, and that what's needed - and what works - is a brand of team that emphasizes external outreach to stakeholders, extensive ties, expandable tiers, and flexible membership.

Stephen Covey's new book will transform the way we think about leadership just as THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE changed our thinking about success.

Outlines methodologies for diagnosing and dealing with the hidden or covert factors that can subtly sabotage even the most meticulously planned change processes.

Using examples ranging from disputes in small organisations to large-scale conflicts in countries around the world, this volume offers practical methods for working with conflict, leadership crises, stagnation, abuse, terrorism, violence, and other social action issues. It provides tools to enable people to use conflict to build community.

Shows you the tools, tricks and tips you need to fix the problems you face on a software development project on an on-going basis. This work also shows how to architect retrospectives in general, how to design them specifically for your team and organization, how to run them effectively, and how to make the needed changes.

This volume exposes the weakness in the widely-accepted change management paradigm and provides leaders with an alternative: the engagement paradigm. Seeking to blend theory with practical examples, it covers the four principles that should engage the entire organization in the change process.

Managing through change and crisis is difficult in any business environment. This guide offers advice on how to recognize the need for organizational change, communicate the vision, prepare for structural change such as M&A, and address emotional responses to downsizing.

Provides directions for strategic decision making and outlines the key strategies used by thousands of leaders who have worked to create successful communities.