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Making Sense of Change Management Esther Cameron and Mike Green Kogan Page Limited London February 2004 282 pp. ISBN 0749440872 £25 pbk
Keywords Change management, Team management, Culture (sociology)
Review DOI 10.1108/01437730510624638
The intent of the authors with this book is to make sense of change management. The intended audience is anyone who wants to understand why and how change happens, and what needs to be done to make change a more welcoming prospect. The authors express a hope that leaders and managers might appreciate a book that does not give a single panacea, but that offers insights into different frameworks and ways of approaching change at an individual, team and organizational level.
The early chapters give an overview of some underlying theory about change initiation and reaction. Part One, the underpinning theory, comprises chapters on: individual change, team change, organizational change, and leading change. These chapters are designed to develop in the reader a broad understanding of change and to help them learn more about...