Rethinking organizational change: Reframing the challenge of change management

Organization Development Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 23-38

  Kerber, Kenneth ^a,b   Buono, Anthony F ^c,d  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Kerber and Associates   (United States)

^c BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Bentley Alliance ^*

Author keywords

Change management; Planned change; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644632107     PISSN: 08896402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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