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It is commonly quoted that the majority of change initiatives fail and equally common is the reasoning that failure is due to a lack of adequate planning and robust processes to deliver change to the organisation.

However, organisations cannot change it is only the people in the organisation, and those connected with it, that can change the way they work, think and behave.

Choosing to Change takes an alternative view of the change process, applying thinking from the studies of complexity to explore how change in organisations is driven by individual choice. How the totality of our individual experiences and our aspirations for the future shapes our thinking both consciously and unconsciously, setting out an approach that brings change by choice rather than process.

It is an exploration of how choice is the basis of all successful change programmes and how that affects the theory of change management. Through the reflections of those who have experienced ch

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Experiencing Change: The Depot Manager’s story

Chapter 2: The Managed Approach to Change: the management view of the change process

Chapter 3: A Complexity View of Change: an alternative approach

Chapter 4: Facilitating Change: a story of change leadership

Chapter 5: Choosing to change in the face of the unknown

Chapter 6: Storytelling: the power and influence of narrative learning

Chapter 7: Putting choice at the centre of change management: easing the path to change

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 1/23/2017 12:11:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781138237896, 978-1138237896
      ISBN10: 1138237892

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      It is commonly quoted that the majority of change initiatives fail and equally common is the reasoning that failure is due to a lack of adequate planning and robust processes to deliver change to the organisation.

      However, organisations cannot change it is only the people in the organisation, and those connected with it, that can change the way they work, think and behave.

      Choosing to Change takes an alternative view of the change process, applying thinking from the studies of complexity to explore how change in organisations is driven by individual choice. How the totality of our individual experiences and our aspirations for the future shapes our thinking both consciously and unconsciously, setting out an approach that brings change by choice rather than process.

      It is an exploration of how choice is the basis of all successful change programmes and how that affects the theory of change management. Through the reflections of those who have experienced ch

      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: Experiencing Change: The Depot Manager’s story

      Chapter 2: The Managed Approach to Change: the management view of the change process

      Chapter 3: A Complexity View of Change: an alternative approach

      Chapter 4: Facilitating Change: a story of change leadership

      Chapter 5: Choosing to change in the face of the unknown

      Chapter 6: Storytelling: the power and influence of narrative learning

      Chapter 7: Putting choice at the centre of change management: easing the path to change

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