Taking Charge of Change: Ten Principles for Managing People and Performance

by Douglas K . Smith (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $16.34

  Cooking up great ideas of how things ought to be is easy. Getting things to actually change is hard, especially in large, complex organizations. The meeting about the new vision goes over fine, then everyone drifts back to his or her office and nothing changes. This book provides the diagnostic tools managers need to assess their particular needs for change, and then the tool kit required to implement the changes one wants to see.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $5.85

  Providing the tools managers need to assess their particular needs for change, this text explains how to get beyond resistance and establish the link between measurable performance and change. It also provides advice on how to help people overcome reluctance and responsibility as well as insight into organizational psychology and practical steps for mastering it. In addition, the work demonstrates how real change is not based on abstractions but on redirected human behaviours.

• New

  Paperback
  1997

  $22.89

  Cooking up great ideas of how things ought to be is easy. Getting things to actually change is hard, especially in large, complex organizations. The meeting about the new vision goes over fine, then everyone drifts back to his or her office and nothing changes. This book provides the diagnostic tools managers need to assess their particular needs for change, and then the tool kit required to implement the changes one wants to see.