"Transitioning organizations to the new normal following environmental shocks, economic upheavals and technological innovations is a challenge to classic organizational management, because no single organization knows with precision what the target of change is. Resources created and operated in...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Landscape of Change Management -- 3 Towards a Critical 'Relational' Perspective on Change Management -- 4 The Contextual Landscape -- 5 Metaphors-as-Power -- 6 Management...

"The literature on Change Management works from the premise that management possesses the power to achieve change and this is evident in that resistance is little more than a footnote in most textbooks. This assumption sits uneasily, however, with the high failure rate of Change Management...

What exactly is organization development? -- The beginnings of a puzzle -- Academic perspectives of od -- Evidence on the nature of practitioner od -- The evolution of published work on od -- Subject expert views -- Comparing the literature on od with the evidence -- A puzzle solved but not...

Foreword -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Why reconsider change management? -- Story of change : 18 leading assumptions in change practice -- Methodology -- Examining the story of change : Part I -- Examining the story of change: Part II -- Examining the story of change: Part III --...