The Planning of Change [Hardcover]

Warren G. Bennis (Author), Kenneth D. Benne (Author), Robert Chin (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 528 pages
• Publisher: Holt Rinehart & Winston; 4 Sub edition (February 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0030636825
• ISBN-13: 978-0030636820
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,556,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Warren Bennis (Los Angeles, CA), born in 1925, is an American scholar, organizational consultant and author, who is widely regarded as the pioneer of the contemporary field of leadership. He is University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the University of Southern California. In the past decade, he served as chairman of the Advisory Board of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, working with David Gergen.
Bennis has consulted for many Fortune 500 companies and served as adviser to four U.S. presidents. He has served on the faculty of MIT's Sloan School of Management and was Chairman of the Organizational Studies Department. He is a former faculty member of Boston University, former Provost and Executive Vice President of State University of New York at Buffalo and President of the University of Cincinnati. His global experience includes teaching at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta, INSEAD, the London Business School, and IMEDE (now IMD). In 2007, Business Week called him one of ten business school professors who have had the greatest influence on business thinking. He has received 20 honorary degrees and has served on numerous boards of advisors.
Bennis has written or edited 30 books, which have been translated into 21 languages, and many articles on three of his passions-leadership, organizational change, and creative collaboration. The Financial Times recently named Leaders as one of the top 50 business books of all time.
Bennis is proud of the four years he served in the U.S. Army, 1943-1947. At the age of 19 he was one of the youngest infantry commanders in Germany and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. His dream remains: to write a terrific one-act play.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Text Book but Good Stuff, November 9, 2008

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THIS IS AN OLD TEXT BOOK that details the three different approaches a person, organization, or professional can take in dealing with change. Understanding the concepts in this book is FUNDAMENTAL if you are engaged in business, counseling, or related field. You can not fully understand the other views of change until you understand the overall framework of change. These three views include (my simplification of the three approaches) Change by Power, Change by Logic, and Change by Empathy. All attempts at change can be placed under one of these categories. Whether you manage, market, sell, counsel, or whatever, this applies to you.