The Change Management Handbook
A Road Map to Corporate Transformation
Description:... The future success and even survival of thousands of companies depends on how well they anticipate and respond to both unexpected and foreseeable change. The Change Management Handbook is a road map that lays out the actions to help you execute change while adapting your organizational goals. This practical, action-oriented guide for change agents and managers shows how to develop the type of flexible and nimble organization that achieves long-term success. It lists specific actions to be taken by senior business managers, the people they assign to implement change policies on the line, and the professional advisors they enlist to assist and monitor the change processes. You'll also find ways to use change processes for competitive advantage; methods to maintain continuous alignment of strategy, operations, culture, and rewards; ways to identify the change agents and managers in your organization; more than 30 contributions by a who's who of change management, all written in a very specific, how-to format; real-world examples from actual corporations that expose both potential opportunities and pitfalls; how to maintain productivity and quality during times of rapid change and even chaos; and an actual change map that leads through all the steps necessary to make successful changes. The Change Management Handbook is uniquely designed as a desktop resource that defines the goals and explains the methods and processes required to manage change. For the first time, this book assembles and integrates all the pieces required to create effective, flexible organizations.
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