Managing change: a critical perspective – Chapter 17
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Annotated book references
BUCHANAN, D. and BADHAM, R. (2008) Power, politics and organizational change: winning
This is a provocative book which manages to simultaneously inform academics and managers.
PATON, R. A. and MCCALMAN, J. (2008) Change management: a guide to effective
implementation. 3rd ed. London: Sage Publications.
This change management textbook offers many insights into change agency, particularly in
terms of objective outsiders.
ULRICH, D. (1996) Human resource champions: the next agenda for adding value and
delivering results. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
This is one of the books which encouraged interest in change agents and agency.
Annotated journal article references
BUCHANAN, D. and BADHAM, R.(1999) Politics and organizational change: the lived
experience. Human Relations. Vol. 52, No 5. 609-629.
This paper offers insights into the murky practicalities of change agency.
DOYLE, M. (2001) Dispersing change agency in high velocity change organisations: issues and
implications. Leadership & Organization Development Journal. Vol 22, No 7. 321-329.
This is a fascinating paper which raises issues around the dispersal of change agency.
LEYBOURNE, S. A. (2007) The changing bias of project management research: a consideration
of the literatures and an application of extant theory. Project Management Institute. Vol 38, No
1. 61-73.
This paper offers a theoretically grounded overview of the development of project management.
WORREN, N. A. M., RUDDLE, K. and MOORE, K. (1999) From organizational development to
change management: the emergence of a new profession. The Journal of Applied Behavioural
Science. Vol 35, no3. 273-286.
This is an interesting paper which traces the development of change management.
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Annotated web links to tools, techniques and professional bodies.
JISC Infonet
This is an impressive practice-orientated website with a section on Change management
Bain & Company
It is interesting to read managers own rankings of practitioner change tools. Insights
Association for Project Management
It is interesting to learn more about the scope and nature of project management activities.
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