How to achieve breakthrough results through conscious change leadership

This book demonstrates mastery of the transformational improvement process. It serves as a driving force in bringing about change in the twenty-first century. It also serves as a strategic blueprint as well as a functional guide for effective organizational change.

Dean Anderson and Linda Ackerman cement their reputations as some of the world’s foremost authorities on transition planning and corporate management. The writers have extensive experience and expertise in multidimensional approaches to transformational leadership. Dean Anderson and Linda Ackerman are the co-authors to the book, an American writer as well as CEO and co-founders at Being First.

In a bid to explain change management, the book explores a number of topics including the drivers of change, the types of organizational change, leadership approaches and people dynamics. Among other topics explored includes the three process dynamics, the call for conscious change leadership and the role of culture in impacting change.

Cameron, E., & Green, M. (2015). Making sense of change management: a complete guide to the models, tools, and techniques of organizational change. Kogan Page Publishers.

This book provides an overview of the subject, making sense of Change management. The book entails a comprehensive analysis of theory of managing change and the tools and techniques of managing successful change in an organization. It also entails how organizations adapt to market condition, strategies, boundaries, mindsets and leadership behaviors as well as a review of case studies in the subject of cultural change.

Esther Cameron is a Scotland born writer and consultant with three readable books on change management. Her writing is characterized by simplicity that brings complex concepts into a wider and easy comprehension. Mike Green is the co-author and an accredited Executive coach and an MBA tutor at the Prestigious Henley Business School. In a bid to support the thesis on how to effect change, the book analyses factors such as individual change and team change. Among other subjects explored includes the application of change management in multinational organizations and emerging inquiries in the sector.

Carnall, C. A. (2007). Managing change in organizations. Pearson Education.

Managing change in organizations explores a rather practical and thorough overview of how change can be effected in organizations. The author outlines guidance and approaches for planning and implementation of organizational change. Colin Carnal is an Associate Dean at the Warwick Business School. He has done extensive research in strategic change and organization design. In a bid to explore the topic of change, the book explores a number of theories and models of change management. It mainly focuses on traditional and critical aspects of change. It also entails new approaches of strategic governance and concurrent running of initiatives and cases of corporate change.

Cummings, T., & Worley, C. (2005). Organizational Development and Change, Ohio, South-Western.

This book is a comprehensive and clear presentation of theoretical work that describe organizational strategies, organizational development and change behaviors. Thomas Cummings is currently the chair of Department and director at the Leadership Institute. He has co-authored over 10 books on management and thereby he has experience in change management. Christopher Worley is a Senior Research scientist at USC Marshall School of Business. His experiences sin chairing organization development and change Academy makes him incredible at exploring the topic of change from an experienced perspective.

In a bid to support the thesis, the book uses strong theoretical and empirical study on change management. It covers over 720 pages from introduction to change to organization design and its impacts on change.

Hayes, J. (2014). The theory and practice of change management. Palgrave Macmillan.

This core textbook on change management examines key theories on organizational change. He explores diagnostic tools and learning exercises that ensure that students experience learning exercises as well as reflect on their own experiences on organizational change. He basically strikes a balance between change theory and practical tools for change implementation.

John Hayes is Professor of Change management at Leeds University. He facilitates change in complex organization structures. His incredible skills in futuristic management is essential in exploring the topic of change as applicable in a number of scenarios.

In support of the topic change management, the book explores a blend of theory and practice on latest developments on organizational change. It addresses sustainability and how to enforce change and good practices throughout the organization.

Hiatt, J., & Creasey, T. J. (2003). Change management: The people side of change. Prosci.

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of change management by highlighting the concepts of individual, organizational and change competency. The book entails insights that help organizations in increasing productivity through diversity and organizational change management.

Jeff Hiat is the leading editor for change management learning center. He authored the book Perfect Change and also co-authored Winning with Quality. He has led numerous research projects with over 2600 projects covering change management. On the other hand, Tim Creasey is a contributor, author and senior editor at the Change Management research Center. Tim also directed the recent change on administration benchmarking research in more than 650 firms. In support of the thesis, the book expounds on the discipline of change management and leadership by exploring competency in managers and executives.

Kotter, J. P., & Schlesinger, L. A. (1979). Choosing strategies for change (pp. pp-106). Harvard Business Review.

The book analyses a number of factors in an organization including how to deal with resistance, how to deal with low tolerance to change. Also, the article analyses way to to solve resistance to change in organizations.

Lonard Schlesinger is founding Professor at Harvard Business School and served at HBS faculty since 1978-2013. John Potter is well renowned internationally for his teachings on leadership and change. Therefore, he is the premiere voice when it comes to how to understand change management.

In a bid to describe change management, the paper entails the major tasks of a manager in the process of implementing change. Also, the book analyses some of the reasons for resistance to change and approaches to curb this resistance.

Pardo del Val, M., & Martínez Fuentes, C. (2003). Resistance to change: a literature review and empirical study. Management Decision, 41(2), 148-155.

The article covers the importance of resistance and the theoretical exposition of the concept. The article basically provides an empirical observation on the concept of organizational change and resistance to change.Pardo del Val and Martinez Faauentes are associate professors in the University of Valencia in Spain. In writing the article, they performed an empirical study on Spanish firms that had recently underwent change

The article focuses on distinction of changes depending on the scope and typology of strategic changes. Also, the paper support the thesis on change management by explaining the importance of organization change and ways to lower resistance to change.

Paton, R. A., & McCalman, J. (2008). Change management: A guide to effective implementation. Sage.

This edition explains change on a technological and organizational perspective and also by observing how managers implement change. The authors incorporated international case studies to explain change management in the perspective of a global entity.

Professor Paton is the graduate studies’ director at Adams Business School. On the other hand, James Mcalcalman chairs the Centre for strategy in Portsmouth University. They both provide highly practical strategies applied in modelling change in an organization.

The comprehensive coverage on change is explored by this book through a general examination of antecedent factors such skills and competencies that facilitate change process.

Todnem, B. R. (2005). Organizational change management: A critical review. Journal of change management, 5(4), 369-380.

This book by Todnem argues that change is crucial to any organization and for it to survive in a highly competitive environment, the business needs to evolve. The article provides a critical review of the main theories to organizational change. Professor Rune Todnem is an organizational behavior scholar whose mantra focuses on delivering lessons to students, middle level and senior executive managers. It features contributions in change. In a bid to further explore the topic of change, the article combines aspects of change management win theory and puts them in real life practice. The subjects discussed includes management, leadership and strategies for change.