The Challenge of Change in Organizations: Helping Employees Thrive in the New Frontier [Hardcover]

Nancy Barger (Author), Linda Kirby (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 27, 1995

Explores the psychological impact of change for employees. Provides managers with strategies necessary for successful transitions.

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Review

Building on the metaphor of the frontier experience to understand organizational change, The Challenge of Change shows how change creates a wide range of responses in people, from excitement and enthusiasms to panic, fear, and depression. It gives practical tips to help employees move forward and overcome feelings of loss and confusion, offering productive new behaviors in individuals and institutions which can adapt in response to the demands for change. The Challenge of Change furnishes models for communicating about change based on the personalities of the people and the type of organization and provides specific steps, strategies, and management styles for mobilizing different groups of employees. Humane, down-to-earth, and practical, The Challenge of Change provides specific help to people who want to turn the traumas of transition into a success story. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing; 1 edition (October 27, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891060790
• ISBN-13: 978-0891060796
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Innovative use of MBTI information but what's the so what?, August 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Challenge of Change in Organizations: Helping Employees Thrive in the New Frontier (Hardcover)

This book has a really neat idea - use the wagon trail west as a metaphor for the challenges people face in changing organizations. It then discusses how people with different Myers Briggs Types respond in these situations,and how when managing change you should take account of these different preferences. Trouble is that there are no clear implications from the book - I'm not sure what change managers should do differently as a result of the information provided by the authors. Where there are recommendations they are so bland that you could have got there without MBTI. Maybe, this is an example of stretching psychological type beyond where it is useful.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on change that I have read, November 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Challenge of Change in Organizations: Helping Employees Thrive in the New Frontier (Hardcover)

This book is so wonderful that I have ordered copies for my clients. It is probably most useful to people with some background in Myers Briggs, but even without that information, it is a solidly written, insightful book.

I highlighted so much that I had to have a triage approach -- highlighter, blue stars, and dog-earring!