Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change - Softcover

Bridges, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738208248 ISBN 13: 9780738208244

Publisher: Perseus Books, 2003

Synopsis

From the most trusted voice on transition, a revised edition of the classic practical guide to dealing with the human side of organizational change. The business world is a place of constant change, with stories of corporate mergers, layoffs, bankruptcy, and restructuring hitting the news every day. Yet as veteran consultant William Bridges maintains, the situational changes are not as difficult for companies to make as the psychological transitions. In the best-selling Managing Transitions , Bridges provides a clear understanding of what change does to employees and what employees in transition can do to an organization. Directed at managers and employees in today's corporations, Bridges shows how to minimize the distress and disruptions caused by change. Managing Transitions addresses the fact that it is people who have to carry out the change. When the book was originally published a decade ago, Bridges was the first to provide any real sense of the emotional impact of change and what can be done to keep it from disrupting the entire organization. With new information and commentary on layoffs, corporate suspicion, and the increasing tumult in the business world, Managing Transitions remains the definitive guide to dealing with change.

About this title

About the Author

William Bridges is a consultant and lecturer in California. Formerly a professor of English, he made a shift to the field of transitional management in the mid-1970s. Past president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, Bridges was rated by The Wall Street Journal in 1993 as one of the ten most popular executive development consultants.

Edition details

• Publisher: Perseus Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0738208248
• ISBN 13: 9780738208244
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 176