The second edition of "Exploring
Strategic" focuses on the implementation of organisational change and the management
of organisational transitions. It seeks to move beyond the formulation of strategy by
taking the planning stage through to implementation. The first half of the book introduces
a framework, the change kaleidoscope, which can be used to develop the most appropriate
implementation approach for a particular organisational context. The second half of the
text focuses on managing the transition.
Representing a departure
from the notion that change management can be a formulaic and linear process, Exploring
Strategic Change approaches the topic with originality by focusing on the fundamental
importance of context-specific analysis. The text takes the reader through the change
process from the examination of context and the diagnosis of needs through the stages of
transition and transference to a tangible reality.
Practical examples and
illustrations apply the concepts to actual organisational change issues. The reader is
encouraged to develop their "change judgement": the ability to understand what
is critical about a certain change context and, therefore, what is and is not possible as
part of an implementation approach.
Ideally suited for upper
level undergraduate and postgraduate students on HRM and Strategy-based modules covering
the management of change. Published in the Exploring Corporate Strategy series, the book
can be used either as a stand-alone text or as a complement to other titles in the series.
Contents
1. Exploring strategic
change: an introduction
2. Understanding
implementation choices: the options to consider
3. Analysing the change
context: the change kaleidoscope
4. Analysing the change
context: making change judgements
Case Study 1 - Transforming
Glaxo Wellcome through the 1990s
5. Designing the transition:
the implementation path
6. Designing the transition:
change levers and interventions
7. Managing the transition:
monitoring and resourcing
8. Concluding comments
Case Study 2 - Clerical
Medical: change in the life insurance sector
Appendices
259 pages