True Change
Subtitle: How Outsiders on the Inside Get Things Done in Organizations
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: October 22, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780787974732
Subjects: Business & Management; Organization Theory; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Structural Adjustment; Organizational change; Management - General; Business & Economics / Management; Corporate Culture; Employee motivation; Organizational effectiveness
First sentence: A full-page advertisement for a large international consulting firm pictured a line of empty airport pushcarts ready for luggage to be piled in by a passenger and wheeled along to a final destination.
Description: "Drawing on her own long-term research and extensive work experience, Janice Klein reveals how the power of people (insiders who are able to see problems from an outsider's perspective), approach ("pulling change"), and system (support infrastructure) combine to turn new ideas and concepts into institutionalized practices. In particular, certain people inside organizations, "outsiders on the inside," are key to driving innovation, adaptation, and real change. Using examples from leading companies in MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) and System Design and Management (SDM) Partnership - such as Boeing, Intel, Motorola, Alcoa, Ford, Kodak, and others - she shows how employees at all levels can learn how to become "an outsider on the inside," and be in the right place at the right time to discover opportunities to "pull" into their organization. Throughout, we grow to understand the perspectives of numerous "outsiders on the inside" by hearing their voices and observing their actions. The strategy Klein provides is relevant for any company that hopes to build a change capability, rather than attempt only to manage change."--Jacket.