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Organisational change authors often refer to the famous Heraclitus fragment, 'Everything flows. Nothing remains the same.' I am interested in identifying references to Heraclitus and other...
16 January 2018 9,734 4 View
I have found the Burke-Litwin model useful as a framework for thinking about organisational change, but there must be some recent critiques of it that would help in adapting it to take account of...
12 November 2017 5,713 1 View
There is evidence in the literature that managers involved in implementing large-scale organisational change tend both to employ management consultants to help implement the change and to use...
27 June 2017 9,537 3 View
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I am keen to identify recent literature that examines ways in which downsizing and organisational restructuring can contribute positively to strategic organisational change. I am particularly...
22 February 2016 7,278 7 View
I am keen to identify recent literature that sheds light on this question. Most of the relevant literature that I have been able to identify was written 20 or more years ago, and I am wondering...
08 February 2016 4,479 3 View
I am interested in carrying out research into the effectiveness of recruiting outsiders to fill capability gaps that have to be filled in order to manage organisational change, and the...
04 February 2016 1,418 2 View
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27 January 2016 1,580 8 View
I am interested in assessing the extent to which using project management methods both facilitates and hinders successful organisational change. The scope of the assessment I would like to make...
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