Leading Strategic Change
Bridging Theory and Practice

A practical guide to managing and leading change in organizations.

Eric Flamholtz (Author), Yvonne Randle (Author)

9780521849470, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 July 2008

284 pages
23.6 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.59 kg

'Flamholtz and Randle have many years of experience in analyzing and felicitating change in companies. In this book they join this experience with a theoretical framework for understanding and leading successful organizational change. Together with ample evidence from a range of actual case studies, they conclude with a set of lessons and insights for leading change. CEOs and senior managers should have the book on their desks, and academic researchers will find it stimulating for further work in this important area.' Paul Stonham, Professor of Finance, ESCP-EAP European School of Management and Editor of Management Online Review (MORE)

Why do some companies continue to be successful while others experience difficulties and even failure? In Leading Strategic Change, Eric Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle demonstrate that the key to long-term organizational success is the ability to adapt to and manage different types of change. Drawing on over 30 years' consultancy experience within major firms, they combine theoretical and practical models of organizational change, together with a new theory of leadership, to build a framework for understanding, planning, and leading change. The scope and value of this framework is then shown in relation to nine real-world case studies, ranging from relatively small companies (IndyMac Bank, Infogix) to large multinationals (Starbucks, Westfield). The focus throughout is to provide practical guidance to those concerned with managing and leading change in organizations. This book is an excellent guide to the many lessons to be learned about successful organizational change.

List of exhibits
Preface
Part I. An Integrative Framework for Leading Strategic and Organizational Change: 1. Understanding organizational change
2. A framework for planning strategic and organizational change
3. Leading change
Part II. Leading Strategic Change in Actual Organizations: 4. Leading strategic and organizational change at Countrywide Financial Corporation
5. Starbucks Coffee Company
6. Strategic marketing through HR interventions: a case study of Indian Oil Corporation
7. The evolution of Stan Tashman and Associates
8. Leading strategic and organizational change at IndyMac Bank
9. Leading strategic and organizational change at Infogix
10. Leading strategic and organizational change: the transformation of structure at Pardee Homes
11. Leading strategic and organizational change at Tata Steel: the role of culture
12. Leading strategic and organizational change at Westfield: transformation to a global enterprise
Part III. Leading Strategic Change: Lessons Learned from Practice: 13. Lessons and insights from case studies of change
Appendix A. References for further reading on leading change
Index.

Subject Areas: Business strategy [KJC]