Managing Change in Organizations

Stefan Sveningsson is Professor of Business Administration at the School of Economics and Management, Lund University. He has been visiting researcher at Cardiff Business School, Melbourne University, University of Sydney and Auckland Business School. Nadja Sörgärde is a senior lecturer in Business Administration at the School of Economics and Management, Lund University. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Queensland and University of Technology Sydney. Her research focus is organizational change, culture and identity and she has studied change processes in the private as well as the third sector. She is a respected lecturer and has received prize for her pedagogical engagements.

• IntroductionPerspectives on ChangeWhy Organizational Change?The Tool-based Perspective: Planned Change and Organizational DevelopmentThe Tool-based Perspective: Integrated Organizational ModelsThe Process Perspective: Focus on Interpretations and UnderstandingsThe Process Perspective: The Importance of LanguageThe Critical Perspective of ChangeThe Complexity of ResistanceManaging Organizational Change: Practical Lessons and Key Insights