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The Manager as Change Leader
Ann Gilley
Book Code: C8597
ISBN: 0-275-98597-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98597-4
144 pages, figures; tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 10/30/2005
List Price: $36.95 (UK Sterling Price: £21.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: The Manager as ...
Description: To say that businesses today must contend with constant change is an understatement. New technologies, new competitors, new markets, new products, new employees--if your company is not already anticipating their impact you've fallen behind the curve. And yet, as managers acknowledge, and even embrace, change as a reality of organizational life, the success rate of change efforts is perilously low. In The Manager as Change Leader, Ann Gilley examines the complexities of change from the manager's perspective, providing readers with the tools to help themselves, their employees, and their colleagues successfully engage in the change efforts that will propel their organizations into the future. In a challenge to traditional approaches--which presume that change will occure once an initiative has been launched--Gilley focuses on the obstacles that managers face when others resist change before, during, and even after the process has been implemented. From wholesale re-engineering to the installation of a new software program, she explains that resistance to change is natural and inevitable, and offers practical approaches to overcome organizational inertia, focusing on the specific skills in leadership, management, problem solving, communication, and interpersonal relationships that contribute to successful change. Featuring a wide array of diagnostic and development tools, worksheets, and references, The Manager as Change Leader will become and indispensable resource for any manager faced with leading or navigating a change program, whether large scale or small.
Table of Contents:
  • Principles and Practices
  • Overview of Change
  • The Nature of Change
  • Roles and Responsibilities of a Change Leader
  • Skills and Competencies of a Change Leader
  • Action Plan, Tools, and Resources
  • Self-Assessment and Development
  • Tools for Success
  • Resources for the Manager as Change Leader
  • Notes
  • Index
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