Contemporary organizations often struggle to create meaningful, sustainable changes. At
the same time, relevant organizational research lacks an easily accessible consensus on …

Purpose–Organizational change is a risky endeavour. Most change initiatives fall short on
their goals and produce high opportunity and process costs, which at times outweigh the …

Change is a constant in today′ s organizations. Leaders, managers, and employees must
understand how to implement planned change and handle unexpected change. The Sixth …

Despite the ongoing spate of theory building and empirical research on organizational
change, it is estimated that the majority of change initiatives continue to fall short of their …

Reviews important contemporary theoretical approaches to the understanding and
management of change in organizations, and then proposes an alternative framework for …

Increasing global competition has accelerated the rate of organizational changes, such as
reengineering, restructuring, and downsizing. As a result, organizational leaders find …

This commentary summarizes our research and practice on the topic of organizational
change over the past 30 years. Our purpose in preparing this commentary is to explain how …

High rates of failure in organizational change efforts call attention to the need to identify and
address persistent problems that threaten success. This chapter outlines issues that …

This revised and extended second edition evaluates the diverse approaches to
organizational change that have defined the field. Explaining the assumptions and …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to challenge some taken-for-granted practices related
to organizational change in order to understand how organizational change as practice is …