Leading Change in Multiple Contexts

Gill Robinson Hickman - University of Richmond, USA

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Change Management | Leadership & Management | Public Policy & Public Administration

September 2009 | 336 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Bringing together leadership and change theories, concepts, and processes, Leading Change in Multiple Contexts uses a consistent framework and the latest research to help readers understand and apply the concepts and practices of leading change.

Key Features

- Brings together leadership and change concepts and practices in five distinct contexts—organizational, community, political, social change, and global

- Draws from a wide range of classic and recent scholarship from multiple disciplines

Includes the perspectives of change and leadership experts

- Offers real-life vignettes that provide examples of leading change in every context

- Provides readers with application and reflection exercises that allow them to apply leadership and change concepts to their experiences.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The St. Luke Penny Savings Bank: A Change Vignette

Purpose, Concepts, and Practices

PART I. CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES ON LEADING CHANGE

Introduction

Ch 1. Causality, Change, and Leadership by Gill Robinson Hickman and Richard A. Couto

Barbara Rose Johns

Analytical Elements

Conclusion

PART II. LEADING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

Introduction

The Environment of Organizational Change

Purpose of Organizational Change

Change Vignette: Technology Solutions Turns Disaster Into Dividends

Ch 2. Concepts of Organizational Change

What Kind of Organizational Change Do We Want or Need?

Conclusion

Ch 3. Concepts of Leadership in Organizational Change

What Type of Leadership Do We Want or Need to Accomplish Change?

Conclusion

Ch 4. Organizational Change Practices

Which Practices Do We Employ To Implement Change?

Conclusion

Applications and Reflections

PART III. LEADING COMMUNITIY AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

Ch 5. Community Change Context by Richard A. Couto, Sarah Hippensteel and Marti Goetz

Introduction

Purpose of Community Change

Change Vignette: Citizens for the Responsible Destruction of Chemical Weapons

Concepts of Change

Concepts of Leadership

Change Practices

Conclusion

Application and Reflection

Ch 6. Crossing Organizational and Community Contexts

Introduction

Change Vignette: Microcredit to Rural Women

Concepts of Change Across Organizational and Community Contexts

Concepts of Leadership Across Organizational and Community Contexts

Change Practices Across Organizational and Community Contexts

Conclusion

PART IV. LEADING POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Ch 7. Political Change Context by Richard A. Couto

Introduction

Purpose of Political Change

Change Vignette: Extraordinary Rendition

Concepts of Political Change

Concepts of Political Leadership

Change Practices

Conclusion

Application and Reflection

Ch 8. Social Change Context

Introduction

The Purpose of Social Change

Change Vignette: OASIS: An Initiative in the Mental Health Consumer Movement

Concepts of Social Change

Concepts of Social Change Leadership

Social Change Practices

Conclusion

Application and Reflection

Ch 9. Crossing Political and Social Contexts

Introduction

Vignette: The Sikh Coalition

Concepts of Political and Social Change

Concepts of Political and Social Leadership

Change Practices Across Political and Social Contexts

Conclusion

PART V. LEADING GLOBAL CHANGE

Ch 10. Global Change Context by Rebecca Todd Peters and Gill Robinson Hickman

Introduction

Purpose of Global Change

Change Vignette: Chad-Cameroon Pipeline

Concepts of Global Change

Concepts of Global Leadership

Global Change Practices

Conclusion

Application and Reflection

Ch 11. Crossing Global and Social Contexts: Virtual Activism in Transnational Dotcauses, E-Movements, and Internet Nongovernmental Organizations

Introduction

Change Vignette: Is Global Civil Society a Good Thing?

Concepts of Virtual Change

Concepts of Virtual Leadership

Virtual Change Practices

Conclusion

Conclusion: Connecting Concepts and Practices in Multiple Contexts

Epilogue: Leading Intellectual Change: The Power of Ideas by James MacGregor Burns

Index

About the Author

About the Contributors

although interesting, the context and examples are not specific enough for our course - even though there are 'transferable' concepts, students may get confused on this occasion!

Mr Ian Robson

Health Community and Education Studies, Northumbria University

April 20, 2010

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Excellent examples of different ways to look at change and how it affects people.

Ms Christine Mortimer

Management , York St John University College

March 22, 2010

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Effective presentation of political and social leadership concepts

Dr Hanna Yakavenka

Business Administration , Greenwich University

March 17, 2010

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I am using this book to supplement my teaching in LED 411 and will decide on adoption of it for the Fall 2010 semester. It will be listed as a recommended text on the syllabus for the Spring 2010 semester.

Dr Joanne Nottingham

Specialty Studies, University of North Carolina - Wilmington

December 16, 2009

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