Product Description

Change management, handled badly, can create enormous problems for business. A recent McKinsey survey suggested that only 6 per cent of change management projects are completed successfully, with the process of change causing feelings of anxiety and confusion in the changing organization. There is obviously a great need for support during any transition. "Change Management Masterclass" explains the whole process in accessible terms. It looks at why organizations need to change, the different ways change can be approached and what makes a process of change management successful. It analyses the change process in an ordered and structured way to help you understand the concepts and deal with the unexpected problems that arise. Key points are reinforced with case studies from both the public and private sector including Biogen Idec, The British Council and Aster Group. "Change Management Masterclass" provides a model for change will help you to make sense of change management and manage change better in the future. It will also help you to improve your own performance, and that of your organization.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #113836 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 273 pages

Public - July 2007
"Provides good quality background on the theory of change and his
[Mike Green's] analysis of what happens when organisations change is
interesting."

Start Your Own Business
"It is academically rigorous and covers the relevant theoretical work (...), but it also serves as a practical guide for managers and entrepreneurs."

Business Executive, Feb 2008
"Provides a model to make sense of change management and manage it better. It will help to improve performance."

Customer Reviews

must read for management theory and practice
I really like the way that the theory of change and the case studies mesh together. Whether you are more interested in the theoretical underpinning of change management or how other organizations have actually managed change, this is an excellent book.

Comprehensive manual on change management
As former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said, "The only human institution which rejects change is the cemetery." For firms that are all too aware of this fact, English business consultant Mike Green provides a comprehensive, if at times ponderous, examination of change management. He considers various models that have defined the field since the 1950s and examines contemporary theories. His book delves into a grab bag of change management "metaphors and paradigms," from the classic construct of "freezing" and "unfreezing" organizations to recent thinking comparing organizations to "machines" or living "organisms." It includes detailed case studies of good and bad change management, and a step-by-step guide to achieving positive change. The book is at its best when it looks at corporations the way an anthropologist would examine strange cultures, detailing phenomena like the "shadow" or dark side of organizations. Alas, Green's sociology jargon and seemingly pedantic mathematical formulas for change makes his work sometimes sound academic. You may wish for more short, pithy sentences. But, if you can handle those stumbling blocks, getAbstract finds that this is an in-depth, valuable organizational-change resource.