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Organizational Change
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Organizational Change
An Action-Oriented Toolkit

Third Edition


560 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Awaken, mobilize, accelerate, and institutionalize change.  

With a rapidly changing environment, aggressive competition, and ever-increasing customer demands, organizations must understand how to effectively adapt to challenges and find opportunities to successfully implement change. Bridging current theory with practical applications, Organizational Change: An Action-Oriented Toolkit, Third Edition combines conceptual models with concrete examples and useful exercises to dramatically improve the knowledge, skills, and abilities of students in creating effective change. Students will learn to identify needs, communicate a powerful vision, and engage others in the process. This unique toolkit will provide readers with practical insights and tools to implement, measure, and monitor sustainable change initiatives to guide organizations to desired outcomes.   
 
Chapter 1: Changing Organizations in Our Complex World
Defining Organizational Change

 
The Orientation of This Book

 
Environmental Forces Driving Change Today

 
The Implications of Worldwide Trends for Change Management

 
Organization Change Roles

 
The Requirements for Becoming a Successful Change Leader

 
Summary

 
 
Chapter 2: Frameworks for Leading the Process of Organizational Change
Differentiating How to Change From What to Change

 
The Processes of Organizational Change

 
Application of the Change Path Model

 
Summary

 
 
Chapter 3: Frameworks for Diagnosing Organizations
Open Systems Approach to Organizational Analysis

 
The Nadler and Tushman Congruence Model

 
Sterman’s Systems Dynamics Model

 
Quinn’s Competing Values Model

 
Greiner’s Model of Organizational Growth

 
Stacey’s Complexity Theory

 
Summary

 
 
Chapter 4: Building and Energizing the Need for Change
Understanding the Need for Change

 
Assessing the Readiness for Change

 
Developing a Powerful Vision for Change

 
The Difference Between an Organizational Vision and a Change Vision

 
Summary

 
 
Chapter 5: Navigating Change Through Formal Structures and Systems
Making Sense of Formal Structures and Systems

 
Impact of Uncertainty and Complexity on Formal Structures and Systems

 
Using Structures and Systems to Influence the Approval and Implementation of Change

 
Developing Adaptive Systems and Structures

 
Summary

 
 
Chapter 6: Navigating Organizational Politics & Culture
Power Dynamics in Organizations

 
Organization Culture & Change

 
Understanding the Perceptions of Change

 
Summary

 
 
Chapter 7: Managing Recipients of Change and Influencing Internal Stakeholders
Stakeholders Respond Variably to Change Initiatives

 
Responding to Various Feelings in Stakeholders

 
Make the Change of the Psychological Contract Explicit and Transparent

 
Integrity is One Antidote to Skepticism and Cynicism

 
Avoiding Coercion but Pushing Hard: The Sweet Spot?

 
Creating Consistent Signals From Systems and Processes

 
Steps to Minimize the Negative Effects of Change

 
Make Continuous Improvement the Norm

 
Encourage People to Be Change Agents and Avoid the Recipient Trap

 
Summary

 
 
Chapter 8: Becoming a Master Change Agent
Factors That Influence Change Agent Success

 
Developing Into a Change Leader

 
Developmental Stages of Change Leaders

 
Internal and External Consultants: Specialized, Paid Change Agents

 
Summary

 
 
Chapter 9: Action Planning and Implementation
Without a “Do It” Orientation, Things Won’t Happen

 
Prelude to Action: Selecting the Correct Path

 
Plan the Work

 
Action Planning Tools

 
Working the Plan Ethically and Adaptively

 
Transition Management

 
Summary

 
 
Chapter 10: Measuring Change
Using Control Processes to Facilitate Change

 
Selecting and Deploying Measures

 
Control Systems and Change Management

 
Other Measurement Tools

 
Summary

 
 
Chapter 11: Summary Thoughts on Organizational Change
Putting The Change Path Model into Practice

 
Future Organizations and Their Impact

 
Becoming an Organizational Change Agent: Specialists & Generalists

 
Paradoxes in Organization Change

 
Orienting Yourself to Organization Change

 
Summary

 

Supplements

Instructor Resource Site
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It’s easy to log on to SAGE’s password-protected Instructor Teaching Site at study.sagepub.com/cawsey3e for complete and protected access to all text-specific Instructor Resources for Organizational Change, Third Edition. Simply provide your institutional information for verification and within 72 hours you’ll be able to use your login information for any SAGE title! 

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Instructor Resources include the following:
  • A Microsoft® Word® test bank is available containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
  • Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course.
  • Sample course syllabi for semester and quarter courses provide suggested models for use when creating the syllabi for your courses.
  • Suggested course projects are designed to promote students’ in-depth engagement with course material.
  • Case Teaching Notes summarize key concepts from the cases within the text.
  • Additional cases from prior editions are available online.
  • Materials for a Change Simulation
  • Carefully selected, web-based video links feature relevant interviews, lectures, personal stories, inquiries, and other content for use in independent or classroom-based explorations of key topics. 
  • Web resources are included for further research and insights.
Student Study Site

The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:

  • Carefully selected, video links feature relevant interviews, lectures, personal stories, inquiries, and other content for use in independent or classroom-based explorations of key topics.
  • Web resources are included for further research and insights. 
  • A list of additional cases provides suggestions for further reading.
  • A class participation self-assessment aids self-reflection.

“This is the most comprehensive and thorough teaching resource on the challenges of organizational change that I have used in my classes.”

Jeff Zimmerman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership
Northern Kentucky University

“If your students are looking for more than a text—a toolkit to keep and use long after completing the course, this is the book for your shelf and theirs. It is one that won’t be collecting dust.”

Lorraine M. Henderson, Ph.D.
Nazareth College of Rochester

“This text nicely develops the theoretical underpinnings of organizational change along with examples of real world applications making it an excellent selection for students of both theory and practice.”

Whitney McIntyre Miller
Northern Kentucky University

“Change is essential for any organization that wants to be progressive in the 21st century. How we master that change is found in this book.”

John Anthony DiCicco, PhD
Curry College

“Excellent material that provides current information relative to change theories and change models that are applicable to any setting (educational, corporate, business, community).”

Dr. Paul M. Terry
University of South Florida

good one - has adopted as a core textbook for the module of change management and communication.

Dr Yujie Hu
Faculty of Business, Leeds University
December 11, 2019

This text provides a practical tool kit for change management students. It is extremely useful for seminar sessions, where we work in an experiential way to really understand the impact of effective change management.

Mrs Catherine Botting
Business Management, York St John University
September 3, 2019

Very useful reading material for the course. Its theoretical and practical content will provide a comprehensive insight for students.

Dr Yasemin Sen
MANAGEMENT, Istanbul Universitesi
February 8, 2018

Great mix of theory along with case studies and tools for helping with implementation of change. Really complements our course which is a mix of academic and applied learning.

Ms Fiona Jane Meechan
Health , Manchester Business School
August 1, 2016

This book is a must for anybody who wishes to be involved with organisational change. The toolkit will allow the reader years of companionship and will not be a book that gathers dust or be used as a door stop.

Highly rcommended

Mr Christopher McKechnie
Scotton Hall, HM Forces
August 10, 2016

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 2

Chapter 4


Thomas F. Cawsey

Tupper F. Cawsey is professor emeritus of Business, Wilfrid Laurier University. He served as editor, Case Research Journal, for the North American Case Research Association. He has served on several boards of directors and was chair, Lutherwood Board from 2003–2008. Tupper was recognized nationally in 2001 as one of Canada’s top five business professors by receiving the Leaders in Management Education award, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Post. He is also the 1994 recipient of the David Bradford Educator Award, presented by the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, and the 1990 Wilfrid Laurier University ... More About Author

Gene Deszca

Gene Deszca is professor emeritus of business administration and a former MBA directorand associate director in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at WilfridLaurier University. He played a variety of leadership roles at Laurier, including the developmentand launch of the full-time, one-year MBA program, the executive MBA program,and the undergraduate international business concentration. He was instrumentalin the development of the post-university professional accreditation programs for one ofCanada’s major accounting bodies and was a member of its national board of directors forseveral years.Gene loves working with students... More About Author

Cynthia A. Ingols

Cynthia Ingols is a Fellow, Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership,Boston, Massachusetts. In this role, Cynthia coaches executive women on their leadershipskills, the change roles which they take up in their organizations, and the ever-presentquestion of how they care for themselves amidst the swirl of the external environment.Cynthia continues to research topics of interest to women leaders: how they give andreceive useful feedback; what’s the place of mentoring and being mentored as leaders; andhow women leaders gain and/or serve as corporate sponsors of other women.Cynthia received her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate... More About Author