Managing change through training and development

Learning to cope with and manage change is the most important challenge facing the organisations in which we work. Fully revised and now in paperback, the purpose of this book is to demonstrate how training interventions can be used to help manage change. It is a practical and integrated overview of many different approaches and methods, and includes new material on the learning organization. The text draws on a wide range of sources to cover change on three overlapping levels: the organization, the team and the individual. Topic discussed in detail include: planned organization change and development;theories of groups and teams;facilitating learning groups;theories of learning and attitude change and learning organisations. This practical text is supplemented by self-analysis instruments, organization-related tasks, case studies of practice and examples of development activities. It will be important reading for all trainers, managers, HRM practitioners and HRD professionals.