Change at work : a comprehensive management process for transforming organizations / [Oscar G. Mink ... and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mink, Oscar G.

Series:

Jossey-Bass management series

The Jossey-Bass management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change--Management.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

261 pages ; 26 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, [1993]

Summary:

Strong and struggling companies alike currently find themselves in the midst of social, political, economic, and technological upheavals. Organizational leaders who seek to quell such upheaval must acknowledge that their organizations are human systems consisting of many interrelated parts, and that each person's actions affect the attitudes and behavior of others. Offering a human-systems approach to organizational transformation, Change at Work shows how organizations can respond to change with intelligence and compassion. The authors present a unique, comprehensive model for instituting, managing, and assessing change - the Total Transformation Management Process (TTMP). Drawing on many proven theories and models, as well as the authors' fifty years of collective experience with organizations and the change process, the TTMP optimizes an organization's capacity to allow for the exchange of human energy; minimizes constraints created by structure, processes, policies, and technology; and fosters openness and communication both within itself and with other systems in its environment. It thus provides an integrated process for successfully implementing systemwide change while staying focused on the human side of the organization. Readers will learn how to define the change required; assess where an organization is in relation to where it wants to be; form effective teams to manage and monitor change; implement change at all levels - individual, group, and organizational; and stabilize change and monitor its success.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1555425879

OCLC:

28710312