Making change in complex organizations

• Main Author: Strodtbeck, George K., 1954- (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milwaukee, Wisconsin : ASQ Quality Press, [2016]
• Edition: First edition.
• Subjects: Organizational change.; Communication in organizations.; Corporate culture.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781523113217; 1523113219; 9781953079558; 1953079555; 9780873899284; 0873899288
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 121 pages) : illstration

Table of Contents:

• Prologue
• Acknowledgments
• An introduction to organization change
• The importance of the goal
• Leadership : the indispensable ingredient
• Defining the change
• Making change and the role of the consultant
• Making the consulting engagement effective
• The s-curves
• Communication and education planning
• The organization is a living thing
• Change takes time
• The importance of a common language
• It's the processes
• Looking inside
• A continuously improving continuous improvement culture
• One company's experience creating a continuous improvement culture
• Final comments
• Endnotes.