Managing Change in Organizations
- Nadja Sörgärde - Lund University, Sweden
- Stefan Svenningson - Lund University, Sweden
In Managing Change in Organizations, Stefan Sveningsson and Nadja Sörgärde explore a broad range of perspectives on change management, encouraging critical reflection and making sense of a complex field of theories. Their unique approach based around three key perspectives of change will help students understand:
- How change is accomplished – the tool perspective
- What change means for those involved – the process perspective
And - Why is change initiated (and is it necessary) – the critical perspective
This focus on the common how, what and why questions offers students the chance to learn pragmatic tools for managing change, as well as gain an in-depth understanding of different theories and their value.
The book is complemented by a range of online resources including PowerPoint Slides, Multiple Choice Questions, and a selection of SAGE Business Cases and journal articles.
Stefan Sveningsson is Professor of Business Administration at the School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden.
Nadja Sörgärde is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden.
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“This is a much-needed book that allows readers to not only examine the practical and planned aspects of change, but also to explore organizational change from the processual and critical perspectives which are all too often neglected in books on managing organizational change.”
"Eschewing easy and simplistic answers, the authors also refuse to be fazed by the complexities of organizational change. They offer a sharp, multi-dimensional and probing commentary on how organizational change comes about, why it so often goes against the intentions of its instigators, why it breeds resistance and why resistance is not necessarily a bad thing.
They are not afraid to engage and offer compelling commentaries on what exactly counts as change, why one person sees change where another sees continuity, who stands to benefit and lose from change. Above all, they demonstrate the practical wisdom of approaching change as a fluid phenomenon that can at best be managed but not fully controlled. This is a must for all scholars of organizational change and practitioners wise enough to look beyond the recipe book."
Offers a comprehensive introduction to organisational change, covering all the perspectives and practica aspect of implementation. I liked the intro to communication, in chapter 7.
Clear discussions in the relevent areas of change particularly and with good industry analysis which re-inforces the learning
Change management is an important section in the leadership module and this book provides another up to date to this topic. It provides a wider understanding for students to debate.
I will add this book to the reading list as it provides an good overview of relevant issues. As Change Management is an optional course for our students and not chosen by that many, I have not yet received extensive feedback from students.
This is a superb book on the theme of organizational change, bringing together the mainstream approach, the process perspective and the critical views. Adopting the processual and critical lenses throughout, the authors put the technicalities of managing change into perspective, highlighting where those technicalities come from and where they lead us to, and the centrality of meaning, power and identity issues in the management of change. The support materials are of great quality too. This book will be a must for all those who want to approach change beyond the managerialist technicalities. It suits very well the needs of undergraduate and masters students, and research students will find plenty of starting points to explore as well.
This is a superb book on the theme of organizational change, bringing together the mainstream approach, the process perspective and the critical views. Adopting the processual and critical lenses throughout, the authors put the technicalities of managing change into perspective, highlighting where those technicalities come from and where they lead us to, and the centrality of meaning, power and identity issues in the management of change. The support materials are of great quality too. This book will be a must for all those who want to approach change beyond the managerialist technicalities. It suits very well the needs of undergraduate and masters students, and research students will find plenty of starting points to explore as well.
This book offers all the fundamental change management models and theories with up to the minute examples from business. It's going to be an invaluable resource on my programme.
Sage College Publishing
