Making change in complex organizations

✍ Scribed by Strodtbeck, George K

Publisher: ASQ Quality Press
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 143
Edition: First edition
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ 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.

✦ Subjects

Communication in organizations;Corporate culture;Organizational change

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