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Change: Seven Sins, Seven Virtues

In: Dynamic Organisations

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  • David Jackson

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Let me begin this final chapter by quoting a definition of change drawn from my Yorkshireman’s Dictionary of Business Terms: Change, chanj, v.t. to alter or make different: to pass from one state to another. V.i. to suffer change. — noun the act of changing. Change management: the process of creating confusion and disillusion amongst an organisation’s people: the latest money spinning venture of expensive consultants. See also: pain, anguish, opportunity, redundancy, common-sense, life. This book is about change in organisations, and as Macchiavelli pointed out, that is no easy task. But that does not mean it is a task we cannot perform. Part II will briefly describe a number of organisations that have succeeded. They are our beacons of light through the fog.

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  • David Jackson, 1997. "Change: Seven Sins, Seven Virtues," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Dynamic Organisations, chapter 8, pages 158-168, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-14169-2_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-14169-2_8
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