LibGuides: MGMT 415 Leading and Managing Change: Readings

Week One

Required Reading and Activity:

Organizational change by Weiss, J.W.
Publication Date: 2012
Chapter 1 - Organization Change Management: An Introduction
4 Things Successful Change Leaders Do Well by Ready, Douglas A.
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles. 1/28/2016, p2-5

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Websites

10 Principles of Leading Change Management
These time-honored tools and techniques can help companies transform quickly.

Required Reading and Activity:

Organizational change by Weiss, J.W.
Publication Date: 2012
Chapter 3 Implementing Change
Leaders can drive innovation--or block it. by Meinert, Dori
HR Magazine. May2015, Vol. 60 Issue 4, p18-18

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Websites

Are You a Change Leader?
This article looks at the levels of change leadership competency on a behavioral scale starting with the most basic level of skill and moving to the most complex level.

Required Reading and Activity:

Organizational change by Weiss, J.W.
Publication Date: 2012
Chapter 5 Adapt and Rejuvenate: Agile, Learning Organizations

Streaming Video (embedded in LibGuide, Streaming Videos Tab)

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Websites

3 Key Skills for Successful Change
The Center for Creative Leadership, reports on the responses of 148 leaders about a change they successfully completed in the last year.

Required Reading and Activity:

Organizational change by Weiss, J.W.
Publication Date: 2012
Chapter 2 - Diagnosing and Planning for Change
Resistance to change in organizations by Paren, Jeanny
Proceedings of the Multidisciplinary Academic Conference. 2015, p1-9.

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Resisting organizational change by Andersson, G.
International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning. 2015, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p48-51
Understanding resistance to change – building on Coch and French by Burnes, Bernard
Journal of Change Management. Jun2015, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p92-116

Websites

Resistance to Change in Organizations
From Psychology Today, a brief summary of why people fear change and the dilemma leaders face when trying to implement change in the face of resistance.
What Causes Resistance to Change in an Organization?
From the Business section of the Houston Chronicle Online, details several things that cause change to be resisted.

Required Reading and Activity:

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Managing change successfully by Wilson, Jennifer
Journal of Accountancy , Apr2014, Vol. 217 Issue 4, p38-41

Websites

How to Be a Change Agent in Your Organization
Published by Business Enterprise Mapping, this resource discusses the important qualities needed in a leader to bring change to an organization.

Required Reading and Activity:

No readings required.