Integrating the process orientation of Organizational Development with the content orientation of strategy, the authors present a model of change and show how organizations can learn when and how to make fundamental strategic changes. Lacks an index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Shows how managers can use the conceptual framework of TPC theory (technical, political, and cultural dynamics) to cope with major strategic reorientation. Raises such fundamental questions about the nature of organizations. What business(es) should we be in? Who should reap what benefits from the organization? What are the values and norms of organizational members? Provides concepts and workable technologies for dealing with these questions and preparing for future change. Includes extensive examples.

This book provides a discussion on major topics impacting an organization that is grappling with the concept of change management and the need to significantly improve performance. Many organizations, in the context of rapidly changing market dynamics and fierce competition, need to not only be responsive to these changes but also continue to re-strategize on an ongoing basis to remain on the leading edge. In trying to translate that objective into a reality, most companies remain clueless and wrestle with solutions of the day or flavors of the month or program of the year that often end up being less than effective. You can hear their mantra of wanting to be like a GE or an IBM without investing the time, energy, and resources to improve. Implementing Strategic Change offers a solution that will guide organizations to a methodical approach to remain competitively superior at all times. The book will assess the pros and cons of various models used to assess and guide an organization's overall performance such as reengineering, Six Sigma, and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria. explain different methods to establish and reinforce this behavior throughout all levels of the organization. The book will: 1. Stress upon the need to create and enhance customer and shareholder value. 2. Present an integrated approach that explains how to make best use of approaches such as EVA, Baldrige, Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma, etc. favorable odds.

Why do some companies continue to be successful while others experience difficulties and even failure? In Leading Strategic Change, Eric Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle demonstrate that the key to long-term organizational success is the ability to adapt to and manage different types of change. Drawing on over 30 years' consultancy experience within major firms, they combine theoretical and practical models of organizational change, together with a new theory of leadership, to build a framework for understanding, planning, and leading change. The scope and value of this framework is then shown in relation to nine real-world case studies, ranging from relatively small companies (IndyMac Bank, Infogix) to large multinationals (Starbucks, Westfield). The focus throughout is to provide practical guidance to those concerned with managing and leading change in organizations. This book is an excellent guide to the many lessons to be learned about successful organizational change.

The only constant is change—especially in today's business environment. Increasing globalization and the rise of new markets and technologies are forcing companies to compete in a more turbulent world than ever. To survive and thrive, organizations must be able to continuously evolve. Unfortunately, people tend to resist change. Uncertainty can be daunting, and people generally prefer to keep doing what they already know, avoiding unfamiliar situations, particularly in their work. The good news is that change can be managed using the same processes many organizations already use in their day-to-day project management activities. After all, every project results in some type of change to an organization. Building on the Project Management Institute's Managing Change in Organizations: A Practice Guide, and drawing on the project management expertise of a wide variety of authors, How Successful Organizations Implement Change explains the critical aspects of the change management process and outlines the methods that project, program, and portfolio managers can utilize to bring effective change in a complex and transient business context. For practitioners who are directly leading the change effort as well as those affected by it; for executives formulating strategies, even those managing operations; and for academics researching or teaching others about organizational change management, the examples provided in this book cover a broad range of industries and areas of business. How Successful Organizations Implement Change combines the change management knowledge of experts, academics, researchers, and practitioners with tools, processes, and templates, all of which make this volume a valuable resource, a must-have, for leaders of change in organizations.

This book focuses on how managers, faced with environmental discontinuities, should think about initiating, managing and sustaining a strategic change initiative. The ability of an organization to change fast has become a source of competitive advantage. The book provides a model with concrete steps showing how to initiate, manage and sustain strategic change, an extensive literature review and an in depth case study.

Businesses need strategies that determine the direction of functioning and further development. If a company deals with several multifaceted businesses, each of them subsequently requires their own strategy. The issue of strategy creation and realization is a key factor that must receive the closest possible attention. In order to assure victory and be thoroughly prepared for various directions and situations that may arise, companies create their own unique strategies. This book is primarily aimed at suggesting the necessary repertoire of knowledge and skills for strategy creating with the help of the TASGRAM integrated system – Thinking, Analyzing, Strategy, Goals, Risks, Actions, and Monitoring. The main outcome of TASGRAM is a combined strategic table: business strategy, corporate strategy, goals, risks, actions, and monitoring. Each element in TASGRAM has a concrete goal and it helps users become more focused. Creating Business and Corporate Strategy: An Integrated Strategic System offers a new tool for company strategy creation, showcasing various cases and examples based on theory and practice. Unlike the existing tools, the suggested system of strategy creation is simpler and definite. Its main purpose is to help create and further develop the created strategy, making this book especially valuable to researchers, academics, practitioners, and students in the fields of strategy, leadership, and management.

Integrated Strategic Communication (ISC) is a primer on how to influence and win the support of key constituencies and, when required, change public policy vital to an organization's success. It presents a 10-step model for organizing and integrating communication strategies in support of strategic initiatives.This field-tested integrated strategic communication model is the result of the author's 40 years practicing and teaching public relations and marketing communications. It also draws on his vast experience in developing and implementing communication campaigns in support of major initiatives, such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and new product launches. The model is also strongly influenced by an array of communication theory and research that underpins the practice of organizational communications. Simply stated, the ISC model is based on the five fundamental principles of sending the right message, using the right medium, to the right audience, at the right time and at the right place. Simple to say but difficult to do.Two main themes flow through this book. The first is that organizations must be actively engaged in the public arena when managing issues and initiatives vital to their self-interest. The second theme emphasizes the strategic use of integrated communication to influence and win the support of key publics concerned with those issues and initiatives. The term integrated is key to this approach. It means that all organizational voices – public relations, marketing, human resources, public affairs, government relations – must be focused, collaborative and coordinated in communicating the organization's overall message strategies. Whether it's a campaign to elect a political candidate or to earn stakeholder support for a merger, the issue always comes down to how effectively you make your case to your publics. We call these efforts the Big Sell because failure to sell your case to your publics can have dire consequences for the organization. Using numerous case studies, examples, diagrams and charts, the author identifies communication strategies that work and those that don't. Take for example the challenges that had confronted the Microsoft Corporation and Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox franchise, two case histories woven throughout the book. Both were addressing issues that could have seriously affected their long-term market viability. Microsoft was confronting an anti-trust lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The Red Sox franchise was searching for a new home to ensure its financial competitiveness. Both would confront serious obstacles in successfully addressing these challenges requiring developing message strategies that would appeal to numerous diverse constituencies. To remain competitive both would have to make the Big Sell.But even when you know what it is you want to say, you have to choose the medium that has the best chance of delivering the message. To select the right medium to deliver those messages you have to know who and where the target audience is. That is why understanding your target audience is a fundamental cornerstone of the ISC model. Unfortunately, even when you have targeted accurately, getting audience members attention is difficult at best. To do so requires delivering the message at a time and place when audience members are most likely to attend to it. Naturally, there is both art and science to all of this.That is what this book is all about – the art and the science of organizational communication practice in the context of a multi-step planning process that professionals can use to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate their communication efforts. Written in a lively and engaging style, Integrated Strategic Communication will prove as instructive to the experienced communications professional as it will be to the student of communication.

Transform your organization with speed and efficiency using this insightful new resource Incremental improvement is no longer sufficient in helping organizations navigate the complexity, uncertainty and volatility of today's world. In Change: How Organizations Achieve Hard-to-Imagine Results in Uncertain and Volatile Times, authors John P. Kotter, Vanessa Akhtar, and Gaurav Gupta explore how to create non-linear, dramatic change in your organization. You'll discover the emerging science of change that teaches us about how to build organizations – from businesses to governments – that change and adapt rapidly. In Change you'll discover: Why the ability of organizations to deal with threats and take advantage of opportunities in the face of ever greater complexity and uncertainty is being severely challenged In-depth, evidence-based, actionable solutions for dealing with institutional resistance to change Case studies and success stories that describe organizations who have successfully built the ability to change quickly into their DNA A universal approach for how to dramatically improve outcomes from various change efforts, including: strategy execution, digital transformation, restructuring, and more Perfect for managers, executives, and leaders at companies of all types and sizes, Change will also prove to be a valuable asset to other professionals who serve these organizations. This book is for anyone seeking a proven approach for delivering fast, sustainable and comprehensive results.

In this groundbreaking book, organizational effectiveness experts Edward Lawler and Christopher Worley show how organizations can be “built to change” so they can last and succeed in today’s global economy. Instead of striving to create a highly reliable Swiss watch that consistently produces the same behavior, they argue organizations need to be designed in ways that stimulate and facilitate change. Built to Change focuses on identifying practices and designs that organizations can adopt so that they are able to change. As Lawler and Worley point out, organizations that foster continuous change Are closely connected to their environments Reward experimentation Learn about new practices and technologies Commit to continuously improving performance Seek temporary competitive advantages