Changes in the environment in which organisations operate have a marked effect on how they behave, how they perform and even on their survival. Such changes force organisations to adapt by reengineering, restructuring, changing the focus or location of their production or to downsize, each of...

Purpose – This paper seeks to provide a solution to organizations attempting to adapt to unpredictable, accelerated change in the twenty‐first century. Design/methodology/approach – It is written in two parts, to be published in issues 1 and 2 of this journal in February and April of 2007,...

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the links between well‐established learning theory and organisation change. It aims to encourage organisation leaders to develop a learning strategy for change implementation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper tests out the proposition that the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assist managers to effectively implement change initiatives. Design/methodology/approach – The author provides his viewpoint for a step‐by‐step approach to implementing change on the basis of his professional experience. Findings – Most change...

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the process of change and in particular the nature of complex adaptive change by exploring whether Beer and Nohria's findings that organisational change was rarely successful was corroborated by examining the experience of organisations in the UK. It aims...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to help organisations understand the importance of managing organisational change in today's uncertain economic climate. How training in change management can help to provide a deeper knowledge of its principles and an understanding of how to implement...

Purpose – The question of who is in charge of change is often met with confusing answers in changing organizations. That confusion is accompanied with a correspondingly poor ability to sustain change successfully. The purpose of this paper is to outline what is required to sustain constant,...

Purpose – The paper is based on leading a management of change simulation involving trainee managers in a global oil company who were tasked with preparing a proposal for senior management regarding the management of change to face future challenges. The purpose of the paper is to comment on...

Describes a new approach to leadership development, “Inner Leadership”. Whilst there are many who can tell us the qualities required of a business leader, Inner Leadership provides a systematic method whereby these qualities can be realised. The way we think and act can become a habit, and...

This is the second article dealing with the changing nature of work, the previous one having been published in Industrial and Commercial Training , Vol. 35 No. 5. This deals with the managerial responsibilities for managing an organisation through a change process to maintain current levels of...