... can continue to advance the organizations operational and strategic priorities in the midst of a rapidly changing and increasingly unpredictable world. Ivan Yardley, Andrew Kakabadse and Derrick Neal From Battlefield to Boardroom: Making the Difference through Values-based...

...Idoya Ferrero-Ferrero; María Jesús Muñoz-Torres; María Ángeles Fernández-Izquierdo Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether the onset of the financial crisis caused changes in the influence of top management team (TMT) on corporate results. Design/methodology/approach...

...Ann-Louise Holten; Sten Olof Brenner Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify processes which may contribute to followers’ positive reactions to change. By focusing on the relationship between change antecedents and explicit reactions, the authors investigate the direct and indirect...

... of execution and how it should be exercised to lead, deliver excellence, change and challenge the status quo. He shares that effective leaders are hands‐on, visible, accessible and courageous. This is an exciting book that can be recommended to leaders, managers and students aspiring to learn how...

...Greg M. Latemore Edited by William   Pasmore , Abraham (Rami)   Shani and Richard   Woodman . Research in Organizational Change and Development (Volume 18) . Bingley UK : Emerald Group Publishing Limited   2010 . 372pp.   $134.95 hardback , ISBN: 978‐0‐85724‐191‐7...

... constitute stronger rules than other standards do: they become a type of norm, albeit relatively short‐lived.Most organisational change occurs routinely, without drama and without reform. It delights me as a reader that I have found such gems which I can now use to provoke difficult reflection among...

...Kari Kerttula; Tuomo Takala Purpose The aim of the study was to analyze the use of power in a strategic change process within a large forest industry company. The organization in question had a total of 7,700 employees, 6‐8 organizational levels, over 30 production units and a widespread...

... Change In Engaging Emergence, Peggy Holman shares with the reader the enlightenment of a journey that first found audience (Holman et al., 2001). The concept of emergence and its various methodologies outstripped subsequent attempts to develop a “how to” approach to change...

...Larry W. Hughes Jackson   Nickerson . Leading Change in a Web 2.1 World: How Changecasting Builds Trust, Creates Understanding, and Accelerates Organizational Change . Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press   2010 . 148 pp.   GB£16.99 , ISBN: ‐13: 978‐0‐8157‐0484‐3...

...Travis L. Russ Purpose This exploratory study seeks to examine the impact of an organization's experiential change program (ECP) on participants' affective outcomes. Considering the design and learning objectives of the research organization's ECP, it aims to examine five affective outcomes...

... analysis Technology Innovation Behaviour Stability Resilience Inertia Change In the spirit of full disclosure, the tile of the work Edited by Becker and Lazaric, Organizational Routines: Advancing Empirical Research, makes a bold statement as to the progress made towards...

... Network Strategy Resilience Leadership development Innovation Change One potentially controversial prediction the authors make is that the future of leadership is female. They build their case from the work of a geneticist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, and a modern renaissance woman who...

... a unique perspective, which is also a powerful contribution to the book: the complementary roles of change, failure, learning and mentoring. While many leadership tomes explore the important topic of change management, few explore the importance of the understanding of failure and the incorporation of its...

...Terry Shields David   Coghlan and Nicholas S.   Rashford . Organizational Change and Strategy: An Interlevel Dynamics Approach . London and New York : Routledge   2006 . 234 pp. , ISBN: ‐10: 0‐415‐37817‐6 (pbk) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009...

...Judy Bullock Nigel   Risner . The IMPACT Code: Live the Life You Deserve . Capstone , 2006 . 273 pp. (paperback) , ISBN: 1‐84112‐716‐7   £9.99 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Change Goals Performance Improvement Motivation Comfort zone...

...Judy Bullock Margaret   Parkin . Tales for Change: Using Storytelling to Develop People and Organizations . Kogan Page , February 2004 . £18.99 (Paperback) 165 pp. ISBN 0749441062 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Communication Storytelling Change...

...Judy Bullock Reflection Reflexivity Learning Knowledge Change Organizations Experience Management Organizing Reflection is an enlightening examination of the conceptual application of reflection in an organisational setting. Reflection is commonly associated with personal...

...Sue Dopson; Annabelle L. Mark Leadership Management Change Leading Health Care Organizations is an edited book with contributions from a plethora of researchers and health care professionals. The gist of this book is about the role of leadership in health care organizations...

...Lynda Holyoak Stewart   Gabel . Leaders and Health Care Organizational Change: Art, Politics and Progress . Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers , 2001 . 223 pp. , ISBN: 00‐306‐46557‐4   £31.00 (hardback) © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Leadership Change...

...Raymond Caldwell The role of “change leaders” in initiating or sponsoring strategic change in organisations is often positively presented as the counter‐image of traditional managerial roles. Managers, and especially middle managers, are viewed as individuals lacking in the, apparently, proactive...