Harvard Business Review on Change (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0875848842 ISBN 13: 9780875848846

Publisher: Harvard Business Press, 1998

Synopsis

The Harvard Business Review paperback series is designed to bring today's managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. Here are the landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious business people in organizations around the globe. From the seminal article "Leading Change" by John Kotter to Paul Strebel on why employees so often resist change, Harvard Business Review on Change is the most comprehensive resource available for embracing corporate change--and using it to your company's greatest advantage. Articles include: Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P. Kotter; Building Your Company's Vision by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras; Managing Change: The Art of Balancing by Jeanie Daniel Duck; The Reinvention Roller Coaster: Risking the Present for a Powerful Future by Tracy Goss, Richard T. Pascale, and Anthony G. Athos; Changing the Mind of the Corporation by Roger Martin; Why Do Employees Resist Change? by Paul Strebel; Reshaping an Industry: Lockheed Martin's Survival Story by Norman R. Augustine; and Successful Change Programs Begin with Results by Robert H. Schaffer and Harvey A. Thomson.

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From the Back Cover:

Organizational change is a double-edged management tool. It can build a tighter, more focused business-or unleash a backlash of unrest and turbulence. Harvard Business Review has been a leader in exploring both the advantages and pitfalls surrounding corporate change initiatives, and with Harvard Business Review on Change comes an opportunity to reconsider, reassess, or discover for the first time many of these landmark ideas. From inspiring confidence and support while leading change, to understanding why employees so often resist transitions, this is the most comprehensive resource available for embracing change-and using it to your company's greatest advantage.
Includes Articles:
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail (John P. Kotter)
Building Your Company's Vision (James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras)
Managing Change: The Art of Balancing (Jeanie Daniel Duck)
The Reinvention Roller Coaster: Risking the Present for a Powerful Future (Tracy Goss, Richard Pascale, and Anthony Athos)
Changing the Mind of the Corporation (Roger Martin)
Why Do Employees Resist Change? (Paul Strebel)
Reshaping an Industry: Lockheed Martin's Survival Story (Norman R. Augustine)
Successful Change Programs Begin with Results (Robert H. Schaffer and Harvey A. Thomson)

About the Author:

Since 1984, Harvard Business School Press has been dedicated to publishing the most contemporary management thinking, written by authors and practitioners who are leading the way. Whether readers are seeking big-picture strategic thinking or tactical problem solving, advice in managing global corporations or for developing personal careers, HBS Press helps fuel the fire of innovative thought. HBS Press has earned a reputation as the springboard of thought for both established and emerging business leaders.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard Business Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0875848842
• ISBN 13: 9780875848846
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 228