Organizational Behavior Reading: Leading Organizational Change

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| Language:English

Abstract

This reading combines conceptual frameworks and research-based knowledge to provide practical guidance about how to lead organization change. The essential reading outlines key choices leaders must make when managing a change and the common traps that can cause a change effort to fail. It is organized into four sections, each building on the last to provide a roadmap for change that is effectively tailored to the organization and the situation: 1) Diagnosis: Why is change needed? 2) Design: What sort of change is necessary?; 3) Delivery: How can change best be implemented? Who will most likely be affected? What skills and support do leaders need as they manage the process?; and 4) Evaluation: How can the impact of the change be assessed and measured? The essential reading closes with a brief discussion of how new practices such as crowdsourcing, open innovation, and social media campaigns are speeding up change in many industries and altering change processes.

Keywords

Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management

Citation

Raffaelli, Ryan. "Organizational Behavior Reading: Leading Organizational Change." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing 8324, 2017.