Managing Change offers management students and practising managers an in-depth exploration of managing organizational change effectively. The book delves into the complexities of change within organizations and provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and implementing strategies for successful change management.

Part 1: Introduction to Change Management

• Introduction to change management
• Fundamental questions for organizations

Part 2: The Rise and Fall of the Organization

• From trial and error to the science of management
• The rise of organization theory
• Developments in organization theory
• From certainty to contingency
• The culture-excellence paradigm
• Alternative paradigms: Japanese management, organizational learning, and the need for sustainability
• Critical perspectives on organization theory
• Postmodernism, realism, and complexity
• Culture, power, politics, and choice

Part 3: Understanding Change

• Approaches to strategy
• Planned change and organization development (OD)
• Developments in change management
• Emergence challenges emergent change as OD strikes back
• A framework for change
• Approaches and choices

Part 4: Managing Choice

• Organizational change and managerial choice
• The choice process and the trajectory process
• Management, leadership, and change

This book is essential for anyone seeking to navigate the challenges of organizational change with insight and practicality. With its extensive content spanning 672 pages, it covers a wide range of topics from foundational theories to contemporary approaches in change management.