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Engaging Resistance
Aaron D. Anderson
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Description for Engaging Resistance
Hardback. Engaging Resistance provides a new empirical framework for understanding the nature of resistance to organizational change. This book points the way towards strategies that can be successfully employed by change champions as they work to engage less enthusiastic colleagues. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: KJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Engaging Resistance: How Ordinary People Successfully Champion Change offers an empirically based explanation that expands our understanding about the nature of resistance to organizational change and the effects of champion behavior. The text presents a new model describing how resistance occurs over time and details what change proponents can do throughout three engagement periods to effectively work with hesitant colleagues.The book's findings are illuminated by examples of six different resistance cases, embedded in the transformation sagas of two real-world organizations. A fundamental premise of this work is that resistance should not be something to avoid or squash as people work ... Read more
Engaging Resistance: How Ordinary People Successfully Champion Change offers an empirically based explanation that expands our understanding about the nature of resistance to organizational change and the effects of champion behavior. The text presents a new model describing how resistance occurs over time and details what change proponents can do throughout three engagement periods to effectively work with hesitant colleagues.The book's findings are illuminated by examples of six different resistance cases, embedded in the transformation sagas of two real-world organizations. A fundamental premise of this work is that resistance should not be something to avoid or squash as people work ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804762434
SKU
V9780804762434
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99-15
About Aaron D. Anderson
Aaron D. Anderson is Director of the Executive MBA Program at San Francisco State University, where he teaches Organizational Behavior, Design, and Change.
Reviews for Engaging Resistance
"In a refreshingly clear voice, Anderson presents powerful ideas on transformational change and resistance in an easy-to-understand format. Engaging Resistance serves as a template that may be used by change agents anywhere who are committed to making a positive difference in for profit, non-profit, and governmental settings."
Jane C. Edmonds, Senior Fellow
Northeastern University College of Professional Studies ... Read more
Jane C. Edmonds, Senior Fellow
Northeastern University College of Professional Studies ... Read more