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Reviews and summaries of the best books on change management and managing change.


Managing Transitions : Making the Most of Change

By William Bridges - Business consultant William Bridges attacks an area of managing change that many not only avoid, but also do not even recognize--the human side of change. Directed at managers and employees in today's corporations, where change is necessary to revitalize and improve corporate performance, this book addresses the fact that it is people who have to carry out the change (Added: 17-Feb-2002 Hits: 1721 )

Navigating Through Change

By Harry, Ph.D. Woodward, Mary Beckman Woodward - This unique guide to surviving all phases of change concentrates on the human issues. Woodward, a consultant to clients such as IBM and The Mayo Clinic, offers a detailed management strategy, applicable to a variety of situations, that helps people work through change from its initial impact to its lasting consequences. (Added: 17-Feb-2002 Hits: 1403 )

Aftershock : Helping People Through Corporate Change

By Harry Woodward - A number of the books on this page are books for thinkers. This is a book with an applied focus, as the title indicates. Includes case studies, dialogues, and step by step processes to help employees through corporate change. Recommended not only for managers and supervisors, but also for human resource personnel (Added: 17-Feb-2002 Hits: 1078 )

Force for Change : How Leadership Differs from Management

By John P. Kotter - Another book by John Kotter that not only deals with the issue of change, but how change management links up with the differences between leadership and management. (Added: 17-Feb-2002 Hits: 2006 )

The Dance of Change

By Peter M. Senge, Art Kleiner - Senge is one of the "newer" gurus, having authored the Fifth Discipline and is most often associated with the Learning Organization concept. Warren Bennis, famed author and management guru suggests that this book is a refreshing take on organizational change, and also calls it sometimes "quirky". Quirky is probably good (Added: 17-Feb-2002 Hits: 1659 )

Aftershock : Helping People Through Corporate Change

By Harry Woodward - A practical, hands-on guide to helping employees through the often painful process of organizational change--whether from technological innovation, limited resources, or new management. Based on years of experience, this field-tested book will teach the crucial skills and strategies to help managers deal with their co-workers' reactions to change (Added: 17-Feb-2002 Hits: 998 )

Beyond Certainty : The Changing Worlds of Organizations

By Charles Handy - Charles Handy has been described as one of the leading management thinkers in the U.K. A prolific writer, he has a number of books out, several of them on the issue of change in our workplaces. Click on the book cover to the left for more indepth details, reader reviews and book review comments. Highly recommended. (Added: 17-Feb-2002 Hits: 1475 )

The Change Masters : Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the American...

By Rosabeth Moss Kanter - No list of books on change would be complete without including the work of Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Not an easy or light-weight read, this is still a book I consider an essential in the change manager's library (Added: 17-Feb-2002 Hits: 1086 )

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