The Change Pact: Building Commitment to On-Going Change - Hardcover

Strebel, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0273632949 ISBN 13: 9780273632948

Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 1999

Synopsis

For many employees change is neither sought after, nor welcome; it's a disruption. To get people to committo buy into changeleaders need an approach that links the change effort to individual situations in a way that eventually puts employees back in charge of their own destinies. This book provides a pratical approach for getting employees to support change because they believe it's in their best interest.

About this title

Synopsis:

The key to implementing successful change programs lies in the development of the "compact", a renewal of the total relationship between the individual and the organization. Successful change only happens when individuals are able to renew their occupational, economic, social and psychological commitments to the organization in the context of change initiatives. The Change Pact shows how to create, develop and implement these contracts as part of a program of ongoing commitment to change. Paul Strebel is an expert on strategic change management, especially the anticipation of industry breakpoints, and the design of new compacts (commitments) to support on going change. "Paul has captured the essence of successful change implementation - that real change requires the commitment of your entire workforce. Reading this book will convince managers that they must approach their employees in an individual, differentiated way to gain their commitment and ensure their organization's future success. This book should appear on the shelves of academics, strategists and practitioners alike."- WJ Alexander, Chief Executive, Thames Water Plc "Getting people to commit fully has become a key to suc

About the Author:

Paul Strebel is Professor of Change Management and director of the executive program, Leading Corporate Renewal, to which executives bring live change issues, at IMD, the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.

He has directed a variety of incompany programs for IMD's business partners and associates and has worked privately for numerous multinationals, including most recently, Schroders, Nokia, Nestle, Bosch, World Bank and Coopers & Lybrand.

Professor Strebel is the author of Breakpoints: How Managers Exploit Radical Business Change. His publications have appeared in Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Handbook of Business Strategy, plus many others, including numerous articles in the business press. He is on the editorial board of several change management journals.

Prior to his current position, he was director of research at Imede, one of the founding institutions of IMD. Professor Streel is Swiss, of South African origin, received his BSc (Hons) from the University of Cape Town, his MBA from Columbia University in New York, and his PhD from Princeton University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0273632949
• ISBN 13: 9780273632948
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270