Synopsis

"Toolkit For Organizational Change" is a thoroughly 'student friendly' and comprehensive introduction to the techniques, methods, and 'tools' for effectively creating and implementing change in an organization" -THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

"The text is designed for advanced students but its real-world examples and emphasis on the measurement of change will appeal to middle managers, change agents and senior executives who are looking for a broad-reaching toolkit for their own organizational change needs". -CMA MANAGEMENT


CAWSEY: Toolkit for Organizational Change

This unique toolkit provides insights and practical tools for anyone involved in organizational change. Bridging current theory with practical applications, Toolkit for Organizational Change combines conceptual models with concrete examples and useful exercises to dramatically improve the knowledge, skills, and abilities of students in creating effective change.

Key Features

• Takes a pragmatic, action-oriented approach: Frameworks are given to help students understand, plan, implement, and evaluate change.
• Emphasizes the measurement of change: Students will learn that measurement is crucial not only to determine the progress of change plans but also that measurement itself is a change tool.
• Demonstrates principles and applications: Engaging, real-world examples, exercises, and cases illustrate theory and concepts.
• Offers an integrating organizational change model: Each chapter is positioned in the organizational change model so students can see the connections between topics andchapters.

Instructor's Resources CD!

An Instructor's Resources CD provides PowerPoint slides, additional exercises and case studies, a sample syllabus, and much more!

Intended Audience

This core text is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Organizational Change, Organizational Development, Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness, and Leadership and Change in the departments of business & management and industrial & organizational psychology. It will be of interest to middle managers, change agents, organizational development specialists, and senior executives.

Biography

Gene Deszca is Professor of Business Administration, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is a past Director of the MBA program, and is currently the Area Coordinator of Management and Organizational Behavior. He has published and/or presented over 100 papers, monographs, and technical papers and 3 books. Three examples are the co-authored pieces: Cases in Organizational Behaviour (McGraw-Hill 2005), Canadian Cases in Human Resource Management (Prentice-Hall, 2002), and Managing the New Product Development Process: Best-in-Class Principles and Leading Practices.

His current research and consulting involves organizational change, the development of high performance organizations, and the management of networks in SME's. He has been instrumental in the development of the Society of Management Accountants of Canada's post-university professional accreditation programs and serves as a Director on their national board.