Towards a polyphonic approach to change management / by François Pichault, Jean-Luc Castro and Françoise Chevalier ; translator: Karen Sherman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pichault, F. (François), author.

Chevalier, Françoise, author.

Castro, Jean-Luc, author.

Contributor:

Sherman, Karen, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change. .

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

This book develops a critical view of the current main theories in change management, showing that most offer partial explanations for change: the planning approach, for instance, considers it as a linear process, while the contingent approach, another renowned view, is essentially focused on contextual pressures.It proposes an original combination of these various theoretical approaches via a comprehensive model, referred to as the five forces model, and suggests using actor-network theory, a French sociological perspective, to guide the change management process. Thanks to numerous case studies, the book provides the reader with a rich and concrete understanding of the main phenomena linked to any change process. This approach leads to a multidimensional grid for assessing change processes and pleads for the adoption of a "polyphonic" management style, in which considering the interests of the various stakeholders concerned directly contributes to the design of change projects.

Contents:

Intro

Epigraph

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Conclusion

Bibliographical References.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Pichault, François Towards a Polyphonic Approach to Change Management

ISBN:

1-5275-8935-8