Overview

A Stunning Achievement in Change Management In October of 1997, the nation's top business theorists and practitioners met at a conference cosponsored by USC's Leadership Institute and the Center for Effective Organizations. The group was challenged to present their most advanced ideas regarding leadership and change management. This guide is the stunning result of their collective efforts. Charged with fascinating case studies, action strategies, and unbeatable advice, The Leader's Change Handbook features fresh works by Christopher Bartlett, Michael Beer, John Kotter, David Nadler, Ron Heifetz, Susan Mohrman, Bob Quinn and other distinguished contributors. What it offers is a uniquely coherent, cutting-edge approach to leading today's organizations -- an approach only this elite group, working together toward a common vision, could offer.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jay A. Conger ,  Edward E. Lawler III ,  Gretchen M. Spreitzer
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.708kg
ISBN:  

9780787943516

ISBN 10:   0787943517
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   26 November 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreward. CHANGE LEADERSHIP IN ACTION. A Success Story: The Case of Lucent Technologies. Creating the Individualized Corporation: The Path to Self-Renewal at General Electric. SETTING DIRECTIONS: PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE CHANGE LEADERS. Mobilizing Adaptive Work: Beyond Visionary Leadership. Leading Change: The Eight Steps to Transformation. Breaking Away: Executive Leadership of Corporate Spinoffs. TAKING ACTION: STRATEGIES FOR TRANSFORMATION. Leading Learning and Learning to Lead: An Action Learning Approach to Developing Organizational Fitness. Advanced Change Theory: Culture Change at Whirlpool Coorporation. Leading from a Different Place: Applying Complexity Theory to Tap Potential. Leading Corporate Transformation: Are You Up to the Task? BEYOND LEADERSHIP: OTHER ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL CHANGE. Top Management Viewed from Below: A Learning Perspective on Transformation. The Role and Limits of Change Leadership. Leadership and Collaboration. Take-Away Lessons: What We Know and Where We Need to Go.

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This important book provides both state-of-the-art help to managers on the pragmatics of leading change, as well as a guide to researchers as to what we know and do not know on leading change. The book will be an important reference and guide for managers, students, and professors as they work and research these crucial issues. (Mike Tushman, Phillip Hettleman Professor of Management, Columbia University Graduate School of Business) <br> Full of useful ideas about how to lead organization transformations. This book can make it happen! (Richard F. Teerlink, chairman, Harley-Davidson, Inc) <br> As a practitioner I look for books that make sense, that have a theory base that is innovative and has an applications orientation that helps me contribute to my organization. This compilation richly and clearly provides both. (Patrick Canavan, senior vice president and director, Global Leadership and Organizational Development, Motorola) <br> A must-read for agents of change! This bo

This important book provides both state-of-the-art help to managers on the pragmatics of leading change, as well as a guide to researchers as to what we know and do not know on leading change. The book will be an important reference and guide for managers, students, and professors as they work and research these crucial issues. (Mike Tushman, Phillip Hettleman Professor of Management, Columbia University Graduate School of Business) <br> Full of useful ideas about how to lead organization transformations. This book can make it happen! (Richard F. Teerlink, chairman, Harley-Davidson, Inc) <br> As a practitioner I look for books that make sense, that have a theory base that is innovative and has an applications orientation that helps me contribute to my organization. This compilation richly and clearly provides both. (Patrick Canavan, senior vice president and director, Global Leadership and Organizational Development, Motorola) <br> A must-read for agents of change! This book leads you through a realistic course for approaching and accomplishing significant organizational change. It provides outstanding examples of companies whose leaders have successfully established focused visions, environments of trust, and embraced their people as the most important resource. The Leader's Change Handbook will become a valued guide for leaders of the 21st century. (Ross H. Roberts, vice president, general manager, Ford Division, Ford Motor Company)

Author Information

JAY A. CONGER, an internationally known author, speaker, and educator, is executive director of the Leadership Institute and a professor of business administration at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Business Week has recognized Conger as the nation's best professor of executive leadership. GRETCHEN M. SPREITZER is an assistant professor of business administration at the University of Southern California. She is a recognized expert on empowerment and leadership. EDWARD E. LAWLER is a professor of business administration at the University of Southern California and founder and director of the Center for Effective Organizations. He was named by Business Week as one of the country's leading management experts.

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