Change management concepts and practice
Title:
Change management concepts and practice
Author:
Gonçalves, Marcus.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. (ASME, Three Park Avenue. New York, NY 10016) : American Society of Mechanical Engineers, c2007.
Physical Description:
1 electronic text (ix, 126 p.) : ill., digital file.
Series:
The technical manager's survival guides ; [3]
Technical manager's survival guides ; 3.
Contents:
1. The need for change management -- 2. Anticipating and promoting change -- 3. Overcoming emotional obstacles -- 4. Planning change -- 5. Managing change -- 6. Dealing with resistance to change -- 7. Embracing change management -- 8. Using GE's change acceleration process -- 9. Using Kaizen in the change process -- 10. Becoming a learning organization: ready to change.
Abstract:
Guides us through the do-not's of change management with fatherly wisdom, while masterfully weaving in a constant message: human experience and the synergy in human communication are our most valuable resources. Organizations need to recognize that it is sensitivity to human assets that will allow them to successfully compete in an inevitably changing, fast moving, international business environment. Change Management: Concepts and Practice is a profoundly inspiring guide to setting priorities, effecting change, and good leadership in today's global landscape.
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Electronic Access:
ASME http://ebooks.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/book.aspx?bookid=275