245 10 |a Organizational change : |b an action-oriented toolkit / |c Gene Deszca, Wilfrid Laurier University, Cynthia Ingols, Simmons University, Tupper F. Cawsey, Wilfrid Laurier University.

520 __ |a "In today's world, organizational resilience, adaptability and agility gain new prominence. Awaken, mobilize, accelerate, and institutionalize change with Organizational Change: An Action-Oriented Toolkit, Fourth Edition. Bridging theory with practice, this new edition uses models, examples, and exercises to help students engage others in the change process. Authors Gene Deszca, Cynthia Ingols, and Tupper F. Cawsey provide tools for implementing, measuring, and monitoring sustainable change initiatives and helping organizations achieve their objectives. Key Features New critical thinking exercises, cases, checklists, and examples make this edition the most applied and student-friendly yet Organized around that Change Path Model which describes the change process in four distinct stages. New guiding theory and content have been revised to reflect this new overarching model that helps students see the connections between topics and chapters. Includes new and updated coverage of key topics such as social media, power dynamics, decision testing, story telling, and control systems"-- |c Provided by publisher.