Complete Idiot's Guide to Change Management

by Jeff Davidson

A how-to guide for managers and key employees on managing change in a business environment - from the executive office to the mailroom. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028642171
• ISBN13: 9780028642178
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Complete and Easy To Understand

I can't say enough about this book. It's almost encyclopedic in its approach to laying out a process for identifying and attracting new clients. The book is loaded with charts and most of them are relatively easy to understand on first viewing. Although the book appears to be geared towards a firm with at least 8 or 10 professionals, I think the authors' system would work as well for a professional firm with only one or two individuals.

What a great book!

This is a deceptively clever book on the topic of change management in business. Normally I wouldn't consider picking up an Idiot's Guide on something as important as managing a change initiative, I was pleasantly surprised by the scope and depth of this book. It is well researched, far reaching, and a valuable asset for anyone whose been asked to head up any kind of business or organizational change. I can recommend it without reservation.

Easy To Read !

Having to manage change in my division is one of my least favorite activities but learned from this book, if you are in management today, you pretty much are a change manager. This book has lots of chapters, more than 25. Each of them, fortunately is easy to get through. The book cites a lot of the change management gurus through the years and gives a good summary of their theories and why they remained popular. But in addition to theory, there is lots of practical advice in this book. All chapters end with a section on things that are worth remembering and are most important from the chapter. I like that, because time is short, and sometimes you just want to get the answers!

change manager

I was recently assigned a change management project in my own company for the firs time. I got on the Internet to see what books were out there an quickly identified several. I ordered the Complete Idiot's Guide to Change Management as well as four others. Each book has made their own special contribution to my overall understanding of what it takes to be successful as a change manager. This book in was the easiest to read and understand. Some of the other books made for difficult reading with all kinds of concepts and charts and extensive footnoting. By contrast, this one was a breeze to read, while not being overly simple or talking down to the reader. The chapters on leap frogging, scheduling days of grace, and managing up andmanaging down were great. I would recommend this book for first time change managers or possibly even veteran change managers looking for new strategies and or/a motivational boost.

making it easier

Change management is a scary topic, so I was glad to see this book as an Idiot's guide. Like the author says, its' not a book about project management. It is a book about keeping your eye on the big picture of the change you have been asked to manage and how your activities fit into with the overall activities of your company. I like the part about the descriptions of other players including sponsors and targets of change. When you understand how these players participate with each other in asuccessful change crusade then you have a much greater chance of succeeding. Overall, I found this book to be very non-threatening. That was important to me because change as a topic is already tough enough.