Managing Change / Changing Managers

Taylor & Francis

This innovative text encourages readers to rigorously question popular management theory. Refreshingly critical, it presents a challenging review of existing literature in the field, and draws on best practice theory and illuminating case studies. > \nThe topic of change management presents students with many challenges. One of the most difficult is making sense of the plethora of guru and hero-manager literature.\nManaging Change/Changing Managers is an innovative textbook that encourages readers to rigorously question popular management theory, presenting a challenging review of existing literature in the change management field. The author brings together an overarching perspective on the most influential writings in the area, but unlike other textbooks, provides a much-needed criritque of the material and its implications for management practice.\nArguing that the majority of management guru literature makes the art of managing change appear simple and foolproof when it is nod