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Change management for sustainability / by Houng Ha.

Ha, Houng, (author.).

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Change management is a challenging and continuous process that requires a particular skill set for both leaders and managers. It is essential for leaders and change agents to understand and address the five most important questions: Why? What? Who? How? When? Inside, you'll learn the concept of change management, its impact on the company's business performance and sustainability, and the relevant issues associated with it. The author highlights the importance of sustainable development, including economic, environmental, and social elements and introduces different types of changes including planned, unplanned, incremental/marginal, transitional, and transformational ones.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781606494998
  • ISBN: 1606494996
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 157 pages) : illustrations.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Business Expert Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-152) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Introduction to change management -- 2. Types and models of change -- 3. Leaders as change agents for change and sustainability -- 4. Managing resistance to change -- 5. People behaviors and organizational culture for change and sustainability -- 6. Strategy and structural change for sustainability -- 7. Innovation and change for sustainability: a final conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Organizational change.
Sustainability.
Social responsibility of business.
Genre: Electronic books.

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Change Management for Sustainability


Change management is a challenging and continuous processthat requires a particular skill set for both leaders andmanagers. It is essentialfor leaders and change agents tounderstand and address the five most important questions:Why? What? Who? How? When?Inside, you'll learn the concept of change management,its impact on the company's business performance andsustainability, and the relevant issues associated with it.The author highlights the importanceof sustainable development,including economic, environmental, and socialelements and introduces different types of changes includingplanned, unplanned, incremental/marginal, transitional,and transformational ones.Various models of planned and unplanned changes arefeatured, including leaders as change agents; the conceptof resistance, reasons, sources, and forms of resistance tochange; definitions of values, attitudes, personalities, andperceptions of individuals; and how these determinantsaffect individuals' behaviors, attitudes, and responsestoward organizational change. Several organizationalexamples are provided throughout the book to illustratehow high-performance organizations grow their business.

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